A mechatronic system for quantitative application and assessment of massage-like actions in small animals

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-49

  Wang, Qian ^a   Zeng, Hansong ^a   Best, Thomas M ^a,b   Haas, Caroline ^a,b   Heffner, Ned T ^a   Agarwal, Sudha ^a,b   Zhao, Yi ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Massage therapy; Mechanics; Medical devices; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MASSAGE THERAPY; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANISTIC EFFECTS; MECHATRONIC DEVICES; MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS; MEDICAL DEVICES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MASSAGE; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MASSAGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84896726277     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0886-3     Document Type: Article

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