Active and passive behaviors of soft tissues: Pelvic floor muscles

: A new active-contraction visco-elastic numerical model of the pelvic floor (skeletal) muscle is presented. Our model includes all elements that represent the muscle constitutive behavior, contraction and relaxation. In contrast with the previous models, the activation function can be null. The com...

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Main Author: Pato, Matilde Pós de Mina (author)
Other Authors: Areias, P. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/740
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/740