Experimental study of the mechanical properties of human abdominal fascia

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Kirilova, Miglena ^a   Stoytchev, Stoyan ^a   Pashkouleva, Dessislava ^a   Kavardzhikov, Vasil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Human abdominal fascia; Stress stretch relationships; Tensile mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBRE BUNDLE; HUMAN ABDOMINAL FASCIA; MAXIMUM STRESS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; ORTHOTROPY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAINS; SECANT MODULUS; STRETCH RATIO; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE STRIPS; TRANSVERSALIS FASCIA; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ABDOMINAL FASCIA; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAGRANGIAN STRESS; LOADING TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECANT MODULUS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSVERSE FASCIA; UMBILICAL FASCIA;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UMBILICUS;

EID: 78650936241     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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