Age-related changes in skin mechanical properties: A quantitative evaluation of 120 female subjects

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Krueger, Nils ^a   Luebberding, Stefanie ^a   Oltmer, Mareike ^a   Streker, Meike ^a   Kerscher, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Cutometer ; Skin aging; Skin mechanics

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AGING EFFECTS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; CREEP TESTS; ELASTIC RECOVERY; HUMAN SKIN; LOW CORRELATION; MECHANICAL SKIN; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN DEFORMATION; SKIN THICKNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEEK; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN FUNCTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST; CHEEK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953118249     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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