Changes in the biaxial viscoelastic response of the urinary bladder following spinal cord injury

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1409-1419

  Nagatomi, Jiro ^a,b   Gloeckner, D Claire ^a   Chancellor, Michael B ^b,c   DeGroat, William C ^c   Sacks, Michael S ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bladder wall; Tissue composition; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BLADDER WALL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; TISSUE COMPOSITION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RATE CONSTANTS; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLADDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA; VISCOSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; VISCOSITY;

EID: 8644265221     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/B:ABME.0000042228.89106.48     Document Type: Article

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