Infant skin maturation: Preliminary outcomes for color and biomechanical properties

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 545-551

  Visscher, M O ^a   Burkes, S A ^a,b   Adams, D M ^a   Hammill, A M ^a   Wickett, R R ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanical properties; deformation; elastic recovery; elasticity; Infant; Lightness; objective measurement; red color; Skin; yellow color

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SKIN; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELASTIC RECOVERY; INFANT; LIGHTNESS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT;

COLOR;

COLLAGEN; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL;

ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FACE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN ELASTICITY METER; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURFACE; THORAX; VISCOELASTICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMANGIOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85016622068     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12369     Document Type: Article

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