A device to measure the cross-sectional area of soft connective tissues.
A device has been designed and fabricated to measure the cross-sectional area of soft connective tissues ex vivo. It consists of two displacement transducers; one sensing tissue thickness and the other sensing width. Outputs are recorded (via an analog to digital interface) using a personal computer. Numerical integration of a thickness versus width plot computes cross-sectional area. This plot also provides a quality check of acquired data. This device has been successfully used in biomechanical studies of rabbit patellar tendons, rat medial collateral ligaments, and dissected specimens of human fascia.
Vanderby
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Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792.
Masters
G P
GP
Bowers
J R
JR
Graf
B K
BK
D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D015203:Reproducibility of Results