TY - JOUR
T1 - Creep vs. stretch
T2 - A review of the viscoelastic properties of skin
AU - Wilhelmi, Brad J.
AU - Blackwell, Steven J.
AU - Mancoll, John S.
AU - Phillips, Linda G.
PY - 1998/8
Y1 - 1998/8
N2 - Possessing viscous and elastic rheological properties, skin is viscoelastic. Mechanical creep, defined as the elongation of skin with a constant load over time beyond intrinsic extensibility, has been described as the vehicle harnessed for wound closure with presuturing, intraoperative tissue expansion, skin-stretching devices, and skin retraction with undermining. Resulting from the generation of new tissue due to a chronic stretching force, biological creep plays a role in conventional tissue expansion.
AB - Possessing viscous and elastic rheological properties, skin is viscoelastic. Mechanical creep, defined as the elongation of skin with a constant load over time beyond intrinsic extensibility, has been described as the vehicle harnessed for wound closure with presuturing, intraoperative tissue expansion, skin-stretching devices, and skin retraction with undermining. Resulting from the generation of new tissue due to a chronic stretching force, biological creep plays a role in conventional tissue expansion.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000637-199808000-00019
DO - 10.1097/00000637-199808000-00019
M3 - Article
C2 - 9718160
AN - SCOPUS:0031880857
SN - 0148-7043
VL - 41
SP - 215
EP - 219
JO - Annals of plastic surgery
JF - Annals of plastic surgery
IS - 2
ER -