Mechanical and microstructural investigation of the cyclic behavior of human amnion

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Perrini, Michela ^a,b   Mauri, Arabella ^a,c   Ehret, Alexander Edmund ^a,c   Ochsenbein Kölble, Nicole ^b,d   Zimmermann, Roland ^b,d   Ehrbar, Martin ^b   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,c,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

FIBER REORIENTATION; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL MECHANISMS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

MECHANISMS;

COLLAGEN;

AMNION; AMNION THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIGIDITY; STRETCHING; TENSION; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HARDNESS; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMNION; ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84930537986     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4030054     Document Type: Article

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