A subject-specific anisotropic visco-hyperelastic finite element model of female pelvic floor stress and strain during the second stage of labor

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Jing, Dejun ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^a   DeLancey, John O L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Injury; Labor; Levator ani muscle; Stretch; Visco hyperelastic

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTS; BIRTH; BODY TISSUES; CO-CONTRACTION; ENTHESIS; FEMALE PELVIC FLOOR; FETAL HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPROVED MODELS; IN-VIVO; INJURY; INJURY RISK; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MUSCLE INJURIES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; PRINCIPAL STRETCH RATIO; STRESS AND STRAIN; STRETCH; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TISSUE STRESS; VISCO-HYPERELASTIC;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; FLOORS; MUSCLE; PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LABOR STAGE 2; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84856059277     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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