The mechanical role of the cervix in pregnancy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1511-1523

  Myers, Kristin M ^a   Feltovich, Helen ^b,c   Mazza, Edoardo ^d   Vink, Joy ^e   Bajka, Michael ^f   Wapner, Ronald J ^e   Hall, Timothy J ^c   House, Michael ^g  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CERVIX; CLINICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; PREGNANCY; PRETERM BIRTH; QUANTITATIVE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL FUNCTION;

OBSTETRICS;

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE CERVIX; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84930537867     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.02.065     Document Type: Article

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