Surgical and morphological factors that affect internal mechanical loads in soft tissues of the transtibial residuum

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2583-2605

  Portnoy, S ^a   Siev Ner, I ^b   Yizhar, Z ^a   Kristal, A ^b   Shabshin, N ^b   Gefen, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deep tissue injury; Patient specific finite element model; Post amputation; Pressure ulcer; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; CRITICAL LOCATION; DEEP TISSUE INJURY; ELEVATED STRESS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FE MODEL; INTERNAL STRESS; INTERNAL TISSUES; MECHANICAL LOADS; MECHANICAL STRAIN; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NON-LINEAR FE; PRESSURE ULCERS; RESIDUAL LIMB; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR MODULUS; SOFT TISSUE; SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; STRAIN/STRESS DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS; VON MISES STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; LOCATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; RESONANCE; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70450267392     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9801-3     Document Type: Article

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