Skin characteristics: normative data for elasticity, erythema, melanin, and thickness at 16 different anatomical locations

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 263-275

  Nedelec, B ^a,b,c   Forget, N J ^a   Hurtubise, T ^a   Cimino, S ^a   de Muszka, F ^a   Legault, A ^a   Liu, W L ^a   de Oliveira, A ^b,c   Calva, V ^c   Correa, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Hopital de Readaptation Villa Medica   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutometer ; DermaScan C ; elasticity; erythema; melanin; Mexameter ; normative data; thickness

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; LOCATION; MELANIN; ULTRASONICS;

ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; ERYTHEMA; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; NORMATIVE DATA; SKIN CHARACTERISTICS; STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

SKIN;

MELANIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CHEEK; ELASTICITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SKIN ANALYSIS DEVICE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN COLORIMETER; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKIN ELASTICITY METER; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; THORAX; ULTRASOUND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978945365     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12256     Document Type: Article

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