Understanding the passive mechanical behavior of the human abdominal wall

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-444

  Hernandez Gascon B ^a,c   Mena, A ^c   Pena E ^a,c   Pascual, G ^b,c   Bellon J M ^b,c   Calvo, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collagen fibers; Hyperelasticity; Initial strains; Intra abdominal pressure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL STABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COLLAGEN FIBER; HYPER-ELASTICITY; INITIAL STRAINS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; REALISTIC GEOMETRY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877592181     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0672-7     Document Type: Article

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