A subject-specific anisotropic visco-hyperelastic finite element model of female pelvic floor stress and strain during the second stage of labor - Jing, Dejun; Ashton-Miller, James A.; DeLancey, John O.L. (Journal of biomechanics, 2012)
Keywords: Adult; Anisotropy; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Birth; Birth defects; Cesarean section; Childbirth & labor; Computer Simulation; Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine; Conflicts of interest; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Elasticity; Female; Finite Element Analysis; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Injuries; Injury; Labor; Levator ani muscle; Mathematical models; Medical sciences; Models and simulation; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Pelvic Floor - anatomy & histology; Pelvic Floor - physiology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Pregnancy; Risk; Sprains and Strains - physiopathology; Strain; Stresses; Stretch; Visco-hyperelastic; Stretch; Visco-hyperelastic; Levator ani muscle; Birth; Labor; Injury; Human; Perineum; Stress strain; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Modeling; Hyperelasticity; Biomechanics; Finite element method; Pelvic floor; Anisotropy; Medical imagery; Female; Delivery; Woman; Biomedical engineering