Estimating material parameters of human skin in vivo

• Published in: Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Kvistedal, Y. A., Nielsen, P. M. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.02.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anisotropy; Biological and Medical Physics; Biomechanics; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biophysics; Compressive Strength - physiology; Computer Simulation; Elastic Modulus - physiology; Engineering; Hardness - physiology; Humans; Mathematical models; Models, Biological; Original Paper; Skin; Skin Physiological Phenomena; Strain; Tensile Strength - physiology; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Viscosity; External Mesh; Human Skin; Residual Tension; Strain Energy Function; Strain Relationship

An accurate mathematical representation of the mechanical behaviour of human skin is essential when simulating deformations occurring in the skin during body movements or clinical procedures. In this study constitutive stress–strain relationships based on experimental data from human skin in vivo we...