Creep and stress relaxation of human red cell membrane.

abstract：:Skin expansion delivers newly grown skin that maintains histological and mechanical features of the original tissue. Although it is the gold standard for cutaneous defect correction today, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we present a novel technique to quantify anisotropic prestrain, deformati...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Buganza Tepole A,Gart M,Purnell CA,Gosain AK,Kuhl E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past research into brain injury biomechanics has focussed on short duration impulsive events as opposed to the oscillatory loadings associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). A series of 2D finite element models of an axial slice of the infant head were created to provide qualitative information on the behaviour of t...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Couper Z,Albermani F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uniaxial tensile and relaxation tests were carried out on annulus fibrosus samples carved out in the circumferential direction. Images were shot perpendicularly to the loading direction. Digital image correlation techniques accurately measured the evolution of full displacement fields in both transverse directions: pl...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Baldit A,Ambard D,Cherblanc F,Royer P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilages swell and shrink depending on the ionic strength of the electrolyte they are in contact with. This electro-chemo-mechanical coupling is due to the presence of fixed electrical charges on proteoglycans (PGs). In addition, at nonphysiological pH, collagen fibers become charged. Therefore, variation ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Loret B,Simões FM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomechanics of individual collagen fibrils govern the mechanical behavior of the majority of connective tissues, yet the current models lack significant details. Majority of the current models assume a rod-shape molecule with homogenous mechanical properties. Recent X-ray crystallography revealed significantly diffe...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Zhou Z,Minary-Jolandan M,Qian D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adaptive bone remodeling, mechanical signals such as stress/strain caused by loading/deformation are believed to play important roles as regulators of the process in which osteoclastic resorption and osteoblastic formation are coordinated under a local mechanical environment. The mechanism by which cells sense and ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Adachi T,Sato K,Tomita Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monitoring of the ciliated walls in the uterine tube has supreme importance in enhancing the sperm to reach the egg (capacitation processes), and at peristaltic ciliary flow has a more favorable residual time along the canal when compared to the peristaltic flow. Based on the importance of this study, a mathematic...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Zaher AZ,Moawad AMA,Mekheimer KS,Bhatti MM

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanotransduction of adipocytes is not well characterized in the literature. In this study, we employ stochastic modeling fitted to experiments for characterizing the influence of mechanical stretching delivered to adipocyte monolayers on the probabilities of commitment to the adipocyte lineage, mitosis, and gro...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Shoham N,Gefen A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balance is achieved and maintained by a balance system called a labyrinth that is composed of three semicircular canals and the otolith organs that sense linear gravity and acceleration. Within each semicircular canal, there is a gelatinous structure called the cupula, which is deformed under the influence of the surr...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Djukic T,Filipovic N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use supersonic shear wave imaging (SSI) technique to measure not only the linear but also the nonlinear elastic properties of brain matter. Here, we tested six porcine brains ex vivo and measured the velocities of the plane shear waves induced by acoustic radiation force at different states of pre-deformation when ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Jiang Y,Li G,Qian LX,Liang S,Destrade M,Cao Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-indentation is a new experimental approach to assess physical cellular properties. Here we attempt to quantify the contribution of geometrical parameters to a cylindrical plant cell's resistance to lateral deformation. This information is important to correctly interpret data obtained from experiments using the ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Bolduc JE,Lewis LJ,Aubin CE,Geitmann A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in the development of patient-specific finite element models of the human lumbar spine for both the assessment of injury risk and the development of treatment strategies. A current challenge in implementing these models is that the outer annulus fibrosus of the disc is composed of concentri...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Michalek AJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational models of the heart have reached a level of maturity that enables sophisticated patient-specific simulations and hold potential for important applications in diagnosis and therapy planning. However, such clinical use puts strict demands on the reliability and accuracy of the models and requires the sensi...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Campos JO,Sundnes J,Dos Santos RW,Rocha BM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A contact finite element (FE) formulation is introduced, amenable to patient-specific analysis of cumulative cartilage mechano-stimulus attributable to habitual functional activity. CT scans of individual human ankles are segmented to delineate bony margins. Each bone surface is projected outward to create a second su...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Anderson DD,Goldsworthy JK,Shivanna K,Grosland NM,Pedersen DR,Thomas TP,Tochigi Y,Marsh JL,Brown TD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical behavior of most biological soft tissue is nonlinear viscoelastic rather than elastic. Many of the models previously proposed for soft tissue involve ad hoc systems of springs and dashpots or require measurement of time-dependent constitutive coefficient functions. The model proposed here is a system of...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Haslach HW Jr

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collagen fibril network is an important factor for the depth-dependent mechanical behaviour of adult articular cartilage (AC). Recent studies show that collagen orientation is parallel to the articular surface throughout the tissue depth in perinatal animals, and that the collagen orientations transform to a depth...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： van Turnhout MC,Kranenbarg S,van Leeuwen JL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen degradation is one of the early signs of osteoarthritis. It is not known how collagen degradation affects chondrocyte volume and morphology. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of enzymatically induced collagen degradation on cell volume and shape changes in articular cartilage after a h...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Turunen SM,Lammi MJ,Saarakkala S,Han SK,Herzog W,Tanska P,Korhonen RK

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage matrix mechanical function is largely determined by interactions between the collagen fibrillar network and the proteoglycan gel. Although the molecular physics of these matrix constituents have been characterized and modern imaging methods are capable of localized measurement of molecular densities and orie...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Quinn TM,Morel V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are abnormalities in the heart structure present at birth. One important condition is hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) where severely underdeveloped left ventricle (LV) cannot support systemic circulation. HLHS usually initiates as localized tissue malformations with no underlying...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Salman HE,Alser M,Shekhar A,Gould RA,Benslimane FM,Butcher JT,Yalcin HC

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone, because of its hierarchical composite structure, exhibits an excellent combination of stiffness and toughness, which is due substantially to the structural order and deformation at the smaller length scales. Here, we focus on the mineralized collagen fibril, consisting of hydroxyapatite plates with nanometric di...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Yuan F,Stock SR,Haeffner DR,Almer JD,Dunand DC,Brinson LC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an increasingly used method for investigation of hemodynamic parameters and their alterations under pathological conditions, which are important indicators for diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. In hemodynamic simulation models, the employment of appropriate boundary conditions ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Xu P,Liu X,Zhang H,Ghista D,Zhang D,Shi C,Huang W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium dynamics plays an important role in the regulation of vascular endothelial cellular functions. In order to probe the intracellular calcium dynamic response under synergistic effect of wall shear stress (WSS) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) signals, a novel microfluidic device, which provides the...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Chen ZZ,Yuan WM,Xiang C,Zeng DP,Liu B,Qin KR

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of articular cartilage depends on the proper functioning and mechanical stimulation of chondrocytes, the cells that synthesize extracellular matrix and maintain tissue health. The biosynthetic activity of chondrocytes is influenced by genetic factors, environmental influences, extracellular matrix compos...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Han SK,Federico S,Grillo A,Giaquinta G,Herzog W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque progression and vulnerability are influenced by many risk factors. Our goal is to find a simple method to combine multiple risk factors for better plaque development prediction. Intravascular ultrasound data at baseline and follow-up were acquired from nine patients, and fluid-structure interaction models were ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Wang L,Tang D,Maehara A,Molony D,Zheng J,Samady H,Wu Z,Lu W,Zhu J,Ma G,Giddens DP,Stone GW,Mintz GS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital models based on finite element (FE) analysis are widely used in orthopaedics to predict the stress or strain in the bone due to bone-implant interaction. The usability of the model depends strongly on the bone material description. The material model that is most commonly used is based on a constant Young's mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Henyš P,Čapek L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bridging veins (BVs) drain the blood from the cerebral cortex into dural sinuses. BVs have one end attached to the brain and the other to the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), which is attached to the skull. Relative movement between these two structures can cause BV to rupture producing acute subdural haematoma, a head ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Kapeliotis M,Gavrila Laic RA,Peñas AJ,Vander Sloten J,Vanden Berghe P,Famaey N,Depreitere B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis is a major concern in blood-coated medical devices. Contact activation, which is the initial part of the coagulation cascade in device-related thrombosis, is not considered in current thrombus formation models. In the present study, pro-coagulant reactions including the contact activation system are coupled...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Méndez Rojano R,Mendez S,Nicoud F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controlled cortical impact (CCI) model is widely used in many laboratories to study traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although external impact parameters during CCI tests could be clearly defined, little is known about the internal tissue-level mechanical responses of the rat brain. Furthermore, the external impact pa...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Mao H,Yang KH,King AI,Yang K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aimed to develop a clinically validated bone remodeling algorithm by integrating bone's dynamic properties in a multi-stage fashion based on a four-year clinical follow-up of implant treatment. The configurational effects of fixed partial dentures (FPDs) were explored using a multi-stage remodeling rule. Th...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Liao Z,Yoda N,Chen J,Zheng K,Sasaki K,Swain MV,Li Q

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During angiogenesis, sprouting microvessels interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM) by degrading and reorganizing the matrix, applying traction forces, and producing deformation. Morphometric features of the resulting microvascular network are affected by the interaction between the matrix and angiogenic microves...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Edgar LT,Maas SA,Guilkey JE,Weiss JA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00