Soft tissue substitutes are subjected to large deformation in vivo, so the matching of
deformation behavior between substitute and tissue is a complex but important criterion for …

Computational models have been used extensively to study the behavior of skeletal muscle
structures, however few of these models are able to evaluate their 3D active response using …

Ultrasound (US) imaging is being increasingly used by Physical and Rehabilitation
Medicine (PRM) specialists to measure the thickness of abdominal muscles. The current …

The evaluation of the biomechanics of the abdominal wall is particularly important to
understand the onset of pathological conditions related to weakening and injury of the …

The presented study aims to assess the mechanical behaviour of the anterior abdominal
wall based on an in vivo experiment on humans. Full-field measurement of abdominal wall …

The biomechanics of the abdominal wall depends on muscular activation, tissue mechanical
behavior and Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP). In this work, a numerical model of a human …

Abstract Background and Objective Ventral hernia repair is faced with high recurrence rates.
The personalization of the diagnosis, the surgical approach and the choice of the prosthetic …

Childbirth or labor, as the final phase of a pregnancy, is a biomechanical process that
delivers the fetus from the uterus. It mainly involves two important biological structures in the …

Simulations of human-technology interaction in the context of product development require
comprehensive knowledge of biomechanical in vivo behavior. To obtain this knowledge for …

Background and objective Abdominal hernia repair is one of the most often performed
surgical procedures worldwide. Numerical simulations of the abdominal wall mechanics can …