Investigation on the load-displacement curves of a human healthy heel pad: In vivo compression data compared to numerical results

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1253-1259

  Fontanella, C G ^a   Matteoli, S ^b   Carniel, E L ^a   Wilhjelm, J E ^b   Virga, A ^c   Corvi, A ^c   Natali, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental tests; Heel pad analysis; Numerical model; Visco elasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION DATA; COMPRESSION DEVICES; COMPRESSION TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HEEL PAD ANALYSIS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; IN-VIVO; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; LOADING CONDITION; LOW STRAIN RATES; MEAN ABSOLUTE PERCENTAGE ERROR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MODEL RESULTS; MR IMAGES; MR IMAGING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PAD MODELS; SOLID MODEL; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; VISCO-ELASTIC;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HISTOLOGY; LOADING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRAIN RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEAL FAT PAD; CALCANEUS; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEEL; HEEL PAD; HUMAN; LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84867199753     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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