title: Determination of relative contributions of 'mechanical' and 'biological' creep in tissue expansion using in vivo pressure monitoring: a preliminary report.
abstract: This work outlines the theory underlying tissue deformation in response to an applied force and presents a model to evaluate relative contributions to tissue generation from mechanical and biological creep. Using in vivo pressure measurement, this model has been tested with clinical data generated from a heterogeneous series of 10 patients undergoing tissue expansion. Preliminary results indicate that the model proposed is able to fit accurately both in vitro and in vivo data. Extrapolation of the model, in time, may lead to a prediction of the relative contributions of 'biological' and 'mechanical' creep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Imaging and Medica Communication, University of Bradford, UK.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Shuter
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Malata
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Sharpe
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011312:Pressure; D015626:Tissue Expansion