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Biomechanical Characterization of Human Soft Tissues Using Indentation and Tensile Testing
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Biomechanical Characterization of Human Soft Tissues Using Indentation and Tensile Testing
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Tissue biomechanics is important for maintaining cell shape and function and for determining phenotype. This report demonstrates non-destructive mechanical protocols for characterizing elastic and viscoelastic properties of human soft tissues, which can be directly applied to tissue-engineered substrates to allow a close matching of engineered materials to native tissue.
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Griffin, M., Premakumar, Y., Seifalian, A., Butler, P. E., Szarko, M. Biomechanical Characterization of Human Soft Tissues Using Indentation and Tensile Testing. J. Vis. Exp. (118), e54872, doi:10.3791/54872 (2016).
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