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  • Title: Experimental study and constitutive modeling of the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the human prolapsed vaginal tissue.
    Author: Peña E, Calvo B, Martínez MA, Martins P, Mascarenhas T, Jorge RM, Ferreira A, Doblaré M.
    Journal: Biomech Model Mechanobiol; 2010 Feb; 9(1):35-44. PubMed ID: 19418081.
    Abstract:
    In this paper, the viscoelastic mechanical properties of vaginal tissue are investigated. Using previous results of the authors on the mechanical properties of biological soft tissues and newly experimental data from uniaxial tension tests, a new model for the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the human vaginal tissue is proposed. The structural model seems to be sufficiently accurate to guarantee its application to prediction of reliable stress distributions, and is suitable for finite element computations. The obtained results may be helpful in the design of surgical procedures with autologous tissue or prostheses.
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