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Characterization of the biomechanical properties of the pubovisceralis muscle of two women — One with pelvic organ prolapse and other without pathology
- Source :
- 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG).
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2017.
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Abstract
- The pelvic floor muscles (PFM) consist of pubococcygeus, ileococcygeuys, coccygeus and puborectalis muscles. The pubococcygeus and puborectalis muscles have been collectively called as the pubovisceralis muscle, due to the difficulty to differentiate these muscles [1]. Pelvic floor dysfunctions — such as urinary incontinence (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) — can be associated with different risk factors. The most common risk factors responsible for these changes are vaginal delivery, hormonal changes, obesity, aging, among other, affecting the biomechanical behavior of the PFM [2]. In this sense, the mechanical characteristics of the female pelvic floor are relevant to understand the pelvic dysfunctions. The aim of the present work is to present distinct values of the material constants of the Yeoh hyperelastic constitutive model applied to pubovisceralis muscle of two women — one with POP and other without pathology. For this purpose, we used an optimization scheme, involving an inverse finite element analysis (FEA) and Powell's algorithm, using input information non-invasively (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)).
- Subjects :
- Pelvic organ
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Pelvic floor
medicine.diagnostic_test
Vaginal delivery
business.industry
Inverse finite element analysis
030232 urology & nephrology
Magnetic resonance imaging
Urinary incontinence
Anatomy
Pubovisceralis
body regions
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
Material constants
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2ea14fe333ebc03f8f3fd2ba307ce643