Method for characterizing viscoelasticity of human gluteal tissue
| Autor: | Thomas J. Vogl, Christophe Then, G. Silber |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Materials science
Constitutive equation Finite Element Analysis Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Adipose tissue Models Biological Viscoelasticity medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Computer Simulation Gluteal muscles Muscle Skeletal Viscosity Rehabilitation Biomechanics Magnetic Resonance Imaging Finite element method Elasticity Biomechanical Phenomena medicine.anatomical_structure Adipose Tissue Nonlinear Dynamics Finite strain theory Hyperelastic material Buttocks Stress Mechanical Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of biomechanics. 45(7) |
| ISSN: | 1873-2380 |
| Popis: | Characterizing compressive transient large deformation properties of biological tissue is becoming increasingly important in impact biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering, which includes devices interfacing with the human body and virtual surgical guidance simulation. Individual mechanical in vivo behaviour, specifically of human gluteal adipose and passive skeletal muscle tissue compressed with finite strain, has, however, been sparsely characterised. Employing a combined experimental and numerical approach, a method is presented to investigate the time-dependent properties of in vivo gluteal adipose and passive skeletal muscle tissue. Specifically, displacement-controlled ramp-and-hold indentation relaxation tests were performed and documented with magnetic resonance imaging. A time domain quasi-linear viscoelasticity (QLV) formulation with Prony series valid for finite strains was used in conjunction with a hyperelastic model formulation for soft tissue constitutive model parameter identification and calibration of the relaxation test data. A finite element model of the indentation region was employed. Strong non-linear elastic but linear viscoelastic tissue material behaviour at finite strains was apparent for both adipose and passive skeletal muscle mechanical properties with orthogonal skin and transversal muscle fibre loading. Using a force-equilibrium assumption, the employed material model was well suited to fit the experimental data and derive viscoelastic model parameters by inverse finite element parameter estimation. An individual characterisation of in vivo gluteal adipose and muscle tissue could thus be established. Initial shear moduli were calculated from the long-term parameters for human gluteal skin/fat: G∞,S/F=1850 Pa and for cross-fibre gluteal muscle tissue: G∞,M=881 Pa. Instantaneous shear moduli were found at the employed ramp speed: G0,S/F=1920 Pa and G0,M=1032 Pa. |
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