Experimental study of the mechanical properties of human abdominal fascia

Experimental study of the influence of senescence in the biomechanical properties of the temporal tendon and deep temporal fascia based on uniaxial tension tests

“…Comparison between the parameters according to age was accomplished by means of two-tailed, paired t-tests, Table 1. Statistical significance was considered for p o0.05 (Kirilova et al, 2011).…”

“…On these referred works, the constitutive laws used for human temporal muscles were based on sets of material constants obtained by animal testing. The present work emphasizes the need to identify the specific material mechanical characteristics for human temporal tendons and fascia, to calculate the appropriate constitutive equation parameters that enable mathematical modeling (Kirilova et al, 2011).…”

Contribution of the skin, rectus abdominis and their sheaths to the structural response of the abdominal wall ex vivo

“…Uniaxial tensile tests on human samples of linea alba or on rectus abdominis sheath have also been performed (e.g. Rath et al 1996Rath et al , 1997Wolloscheck et al 2004;Grässel et al 2005;Hollinsky andSandeberg 2007, Korenkov et al 2001;Förstemann et al 2011;Kirilova et al 2011;Ben Abdelounis et al 2013). Studies on the abdominal muscles seem less frequent and did not include human samples.…”

The Influence of Gender on the Elastic Mechanical Properties of Human Abdominal Fascia

“…He reported that posterior wall of the inguinal canal in women is obviously stronger than that of men. Investigating elastic mechanical properties of umbilical and transversalis human abdominal fascia we proved that it can be considered as a tissue, which mechanical properties are not affected by localization [ 12 ]. This was the reason to suggest that not only the female transversalis fascia but also umbilical fascia is stronger than male fascia from the same localization.…”