title: An adherence tensiometer for evaluation of burn dressings.
abstract: The measurement of adherence is a function of pulling force and velocity. The machine described measures and records adherence accurately and precisely. In both engineering and clinical laboratory tests, it has shown the ability to be used as standard equipment for quantitatively evaluating dressings and grafts. It is adapted for both laboratory and patient studies.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001703:Biophysics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011817:Rabbits; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous