The influence of the material properties on the biomechanical behavior of the pelvic floor muscles during vaginal delivery

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1301-1306

  Parente, M P L ^a   Natal Jorge, R M ^a   Mascarenhas, T ^b   Fernandes, A A ^a   Martins, J A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Finite element method; Material parameters; Pelvic floor disorders; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; FETAL HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL POINTS; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FLOORS; MATERIALS; MUSCLE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOMECHANICS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67349282331     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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