Age-related variations in the biomechanical properties of human sclera

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-191

  Geraghty, Brendan ^a,b   Jones, Stephen W ^b   Rama, Paolo ^c   Akhtar, Riaz ^a,b   Elsheikh, Ahmed ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ocular biomechanics; Sclera; Stress strain behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AGEING; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL STIFFNESS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; OCULAR BIOMECHANICS; SCLERA; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS;

STRAIN RATE;

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84872676797     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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