Impact of pregnancy and vaginal delivery on the passive and active mechanics of the rat vagina

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 549-558

  Feola, Andrew ^a   Moalli, Pamela ^b   Alperin, Marianna ^b   Duerr, Robbie ^b   Gandley, Robin E ^b   Abramowitch, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractility; Mechanics; Prolapse; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE FORCE; CONTRACTILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; LONGITUDINAL SECTION; PROLAPSE; SMOOTH MUSCLES; TANGENT MODULI; ULTIMATE STRAIN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; OBSTETRICS;

STRESSES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAGINA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAGINA;

EID: 78650859529     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0153-9     Document Type: Article

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