Regional variation in the biomechanical properties of the human sclera

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-633

  Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Geraghty, Brendan ^a   Alhasso, Daad ^a   Knappett, Jonathan ^a   Campanelli, Marino ^b   Rama, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Monza Eye Bank   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental testing; Ocular biomechanics; Sclera; Stress strain behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EYE DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77951249678     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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