Development of novel synthetic muscle tissues for sports impact surrogates

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 357-374

  Payne, Thomas ^a   Mitchell, Séan ^a   Bibb, Richard ^a   Waters, Mark ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Mechanical testing; Muscle; Polydimethysiloxane; PPE; Silicone; Simulant; Sports

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; SILASTIC; VINYL DERIVATIVE; BAYSILON;

ADDITION REACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, TISSUES AND CELLS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRESS; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SYNTHETIC MUSCLE TISSUE; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE REACTION; VISCOELASTICITY; WORKING TIME; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMIMETICS; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMIMETICS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPORTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84919931824     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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