TY - JOUR
T1 - A simulation finite element model for the mechanics of the internal oblique muscle
T2 - A defense mechanism against inguinal hernia formation?
AU - Fortuny, Gerard
AU - Rodríguez-Navarro, Javier
AU - Susín, Antonio
AU - Armengol-Carrasco, Manuel
AU - López-Cano, Manuel
PY - 2009/9/1
Y1 - 2009/9/1
N2 - Simulation of the human muscular system has multiple applications in biomechanics, biomedicine and in the study of motion in general. Mechanical alterations of the normal functioning in the inguinal area ("inguinal shutter") seems to be involved in the genesis of hernias in adults, but the role of this anatomical mechanisms is poorly understood. A finite element model for the mechanics of the internal oblique muscle allowed creating a dynamic model of the inguinal region applicable to the study of the shutter mechanism as a defence mechanism of contention of the abdominal viscera against development of an inguinal hernia.
AB - Simulation of the human muscular system has multiple applications in biomechanics, biomedicine and in the study of motion in general. Mechanical alterations of the normal functioning in the inguinal area ("inguinal shutter") seems to be involved in the genesis of hernias in adults, but the role of this anatomical mechanisms is poorly understood. A finite element model for the mechanics of the internal oblique muscle allowed creating a dynamic model of the inguinal region applicable to the study of the shutter mechanism as a defence mechanism of contention of the abdominal viscera against development of an inguinal hernia.
KW - Finite element method
KW - Inguinal hernia
KW - Shutter mechanism
KW - Virtual simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67849126631&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.06.007
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 19616206
SN - 0010-4825
VL - 39
SP - 794
EP - 799
JO - Computers in Biology and Medicine
JF - Computers in Biology and Medicine
IS - 9
ER -