Effects of skin wrinkles, age and wetness on mechanical loads in the stratum corneum as related to skin lesions

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Sopher, Ran ^a   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Coefficient of friction; Finite element model; Shear stress; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; AGE-RELATED; AGING; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; DRY ENVIRONMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL LOADS; MECHANICAL STRAIN; PRESSURE ULCERS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN LESION; SKIN SURFACES; STRATUM CORNEUM; WRINKLES;

DERMATOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

WATER;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DECUBITUS; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN AGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79952484735     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0673-3     Document Type: Article

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