Mechanics of the foot Part 2: A coupled solid-fluid model to investigate blood transport in the pathologic foot

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1071-1081

  Mithraratne, K ^a   Ho, H ^a   Hunter, P J ^a   Fernandez, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood flow mechanics; Foot mechanics; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL NETWORKS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SUPPLY; CAUCHY EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTINUUM MODEL; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DEFORMED STATE; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FINITE ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FLOW MODEL; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HERMITE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; NONLINEAR CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE STIFFNESS; TRANSIENT FLOW; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; VISIBLE HUMAN IMAGE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PATHOLOGY; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 84867101095     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2493     Document Type: Article

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