Measurement of elasticity and transepidermal water loss rate of burn scars with the Dermalab®

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-428

  Anthonissen, Mieke ^a,b   Daly, Daniel ^a   Fieuws, Steffen ^c   Massagé, Patrick ^d   Van Brussel, Michel ^b   Vranckx, Jan ^e   Van Den Kerckhove, Eric ^a,b,f  

^a KU Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burn scar; DermaLab ; Elasticity; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; AQUAFLUX; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN SCAR; CICATROMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUTOMETER; DERMAFLEX; DUROMETER; ELASTICITY; EVAPORIMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PNEUMATONOMETER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN WATER LOSS; TEWAMETER; THICKNESS; TONOMETER; VAPOMETER; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CICATRIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875217409     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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