Non-invasive measurement of biomechanical skin properties in systemic sclerosis
| Autor: | Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Christopher P. Denton, A M Nahir, B Nichols, George R. Martin, Carol M. Black, C Knight |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Vacuum Immunology Normal Distribution Urology Statistics Nonparametric General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Scleroderma Rheumatology Forearm Immunopathology Image Processing Computer-Assisted medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy skin and connective tissue diseases Aged Skin Analysis of Variance Scleroderma Systemic integumentary system business.industry Non invasive Case-control study Middle Aged medicine.disease Connective tissue disease Biomechanical Phenomena Surgery Extended Report medicine.anatomical_structure Case-Control Studies Female Trapezius muscle business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 61:237-241 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4967 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate biomechanical properties of skin in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) using the BTC-2000 suction device. Methods: Twenty five patients with limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc), 20 patients with diffuse disease (dcSSc), and 25 age matched healthy controls were evaluated. Viscoelastic deformation (VED, mm), elastic deformation (ED, mm), ultimate deformation (UD, mm), and pressure-deformation ratio (PDR, mm Hg/mm) were measured on the dorsal surface of the forearm, shoulder, and above the trapezius muscle on the back. Results: Indices of skin extensibility (VED, ED, UD) were reduced and resistance to stress (PDR) increased in patients with dcSSc compared with healthy controls, or patients with lcSSc, at all three sites (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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