Drained secant modulus for human and porcine peripapillary sclera using unconfined compression testing

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 892-897

  Mortazavi, Ariane M ^a   Simon, Bruce R ^a,b   Stamer, W Daniel ^b,c   Vande Geest, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

compressive modulus; glaucoma; human; mechanical properties; porcine; sclera

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAINED SECANT MODULUS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERA; SWINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SCLERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 70449520469     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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