Forces and deformations of the abdominal wall-A mechanical and geometrical approach to the linea alba

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-606

  Forstemann T ^c   Trzewik, J ^a   Holste, J ^a   Batke, B ^a   Konerding, M A ^b   Wolloscheck, T ^b   Hartung, C ^c  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c European Competence Center of Healthcare Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Elasticity; Linea alba; Stress analysis; Tension

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; BIAXIAL LOADING; BIAXIAL TENSILE TESTS; FORCE ELONGATIONS; LINEA ALBA; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; RADII OF CURVATURE; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; TENSILE TESTS; TENSION; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; LOADING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

ELASTICITY;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FASCIA; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79951721681     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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