Detection of changes of scar thickness under mechanical loading using ultrasonic measurement

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-97

  Li, J Q ^a,b   Li Tsang, C W P ^a   Huang, Y P ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Zheng, Y P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Longgang Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Mechanical loading; Pressure therapy; Thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE THERAPY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERAPY; THICKNESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84872038744     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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