Active and passive behaviors of soft tissues: Pelvic floor muscles

Pato, Matilde Pós de Mina; Areias, P.

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Pato, Matilde Pós de Mina

Areias, P.

Abstract(s)

: 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 complete equations are shown and exactly linearized. Small verification and validation tests are performed and the pelvis is modeled using the data from the intra-abdominal pressure tests

Keywords

Pelvic floor skeletal muscle Active behavior Shell model Geometrically nonlinear

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/740

Citation

Pato, M P M, Areias P. Active and passive behaviors of soft tissues: Pelvic floor muscles.International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 2010; 26 (6): 667-680.