Viscoelasticity and preconditioning of rat skin under uniaxial stretch: Microstructural constitutive characterization

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lokshin, Olga ^a   Lanir, Yoram ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiber morphology; Preconditioning; Skin; Uniaxial rheological properties; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; ELASTIC FIBER; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; IN-VITRO; LOW STRAINS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION; MULLINS EFFECT; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROTEOGLYCAN DEPLETION; QUASI-LINEAR; RAT SKIN; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESPONSE MECHANISMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SOFT TISSUE; STRAIN LEVELS; STRAIN SOFTENING; TEST MODELS; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES; UNI-AXIAL STRETCH; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRAIN; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; ELASTIC FIBER; FLOW KINETICS; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RAT; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT BEARING; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHEOLOGY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 65549162283     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3049479     Document Type: Article

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