Characterization of the anisotropic mechanical properties of excised human skin

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-148

  Ní Annaidh, Aisling ^a,b,c   Bruyère, Karine ^d,e,f   Destrade, Michel ^a,g   Gilchrist, Michael D ^a,h   Otténio, Mélanie ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histology; Langer lines; Soft tissue; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COLLAGEN FIBRES; DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; FAILURE STRAIN; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN SKIN; LANGER LINES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SOFT TISSUE; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

STRAIN RATE;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; DERMIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELASTICITY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN;

EID: 81455154402     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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