The cutometer and ultrasonography in the assessment of postburn hypertrophic scar — a preliminary study

Fong, S.S.L; Hung, L.K.; Cheng, Jack Chun Yiu

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(97)90095-4

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“…It is the most commonly used instrument in a wide number of studies across diverse populations (Barel et al, 1998; Cua, Wilhelm, & Maibach, 1990; Fong, Hung, & Cheng, 1997; Smalls, Wickett, & Visscher, 2006). The Cutometer is noninvasive, portable, and lightweight and may be used in either the laboratory or hospital/clinic setting without interrupting clinical care.…”

Section: Measuring Svementioning

confidence: 99%

Skin Viscoelasticity

Everett

Sommers

2012

Biological Research For Nursing

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Skin is the primary interface between health care providers and patients and is assessed clinically to predict physiological stability or instability. The biomechanical properties of human skin, most notably elasticity and viscoelasticity, are critical to its protective function. In this article, the authors describe the physiological basis for skin elasticity and viscoelasticity. The authors discuss the role of viscoelasticity in nursing science and consider avenues for scientific exploration of the skin’s biomechanical properties, including applications in pressure ulcer research, injury, and healing. They also discuss the Cutometer® as one option for measurement of viscoelasticity in clinical and bench research protocols.

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Section: Measuring Svementioning

confidence: 99%

Skin Viscoelasticity

Everett

Sommers

2012

Biological Research For Nursing

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“…Both increase and decrease of the extensibility parameter (R0 or Uf) were observed [6,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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“…The skin elasticity was measured with a Cutometer SEM 575 (Courage+, Khazaka, Cologne, Germany), a reproducible and noninvasive in vivo suction device [5,6] that evaluates the elastic properties of the skin, based on the principle of stretching by suction, using an optical unit to measure the skin elongation and relaxation. All the rheological parameters were obtained using the cutometric method -a 6-mm probe was chosen to perform 5 consecutive suction/relaxation cycles, in the center of the NF1, under a 40-kPa negative pressure, corresponding to an applied force of about 1.13 N -in order to explore the cuticle, the derma and the hypoderm [7] .…”

Section: Determination Of Rheological Parametersmentioning

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Evaluation of Skin Viscoelasticity in Type 1 Neurofibromatosis Patients

Mimoun

Razzouq²,

Wolkenstein³

et al. 2005

Skin Pharmacol Physiol

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a frequent autosomal dominant disease characterized by cutaneous benign tumors called neurofibromas. Surgery takes an important place in managing these skin disorders. However, skin distensibility and softness of NF1 patients quickly offset the surgical benefit. The aim of this study was to determine the rheological behavior of neurofibromas and compare it with healthy skin in an attempt to comprehend what leads to this phenomenon. Thirty patients were admitted to this study. A group of 24 healthy control subjects was also included. The skin elasticity was assessed by a noninvasive in vivo suction device (Cutometer) including 5 consecutive suctions. The assessments were performed on neurofibroma skin, the supposedly healthy skin around neurofibromas and the healthy skin of control subjects. The extensibility at the first and the fifth traction in NF1 patients (neurofibromas and the supposedly healthy skin around it) was significantly different compared to the healthy skin of control subjects. The viscoelastic parameters obtained from the neurofibromas were significantly different in comparison to those obtained from the supposedly healthy skin of NF1 patients and the healthy skin of control subjects. The rheological profiles of the neurofibromas and the apparent healthy skin of NF1 patients demonstrated a hyperextensibility behavior, but in neurofibromas, the skin was unable to return to its initial position at the end of the stretch.

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“…Skin disorders altering specifically the reticular dermis have been studied by several research groups. These include among others scleroderma [7,[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes [7,[71][72][73][74], cutis laxa [7], anetoderma [75], photodermatoses [76][77][78][79][80], scars [81], striae distensae [82], transparent skin [7,20], corticosteroid-induced atrophy [7,76,83,84] and pseudoanthoma elasticum [85,86]. Such diseases may be diagnosed early on using instrumental methods and with better accuracy than by clinical inspection alone.…”

Section: Reticular Dermismentioning

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EEMCO Guidance to the in vivo Assessment of Tensile Functional Properties of the Skin

Pierard¹

1999

Skin Pharmacol Physiol

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From an engineering point of view, the skin and subcutaneous tissue represent an integrated load-transmitting structure. It is subjected to intrinsic and environmental influences. An attempt to use a four-layered model is offered to explain how the integument withstands and transmits loads through deforming appropriately. The stratum corneum, the association between the living epidermis and papillary dermis, the reticular dermis and the hypodermis have each their own intimate structures whose tensile functions are ideally balanced to respond adequately to the casual mechanical demands. A series of physiological variables, ageing and skin diseases alter the tensile functions of the organ. In the overall analysis, truly comprehensive multidisciplinary approaches in this field have brought advances in the understanding of functional skin biology. The assessment of tensile functions of skin also provides incentives for progress in skin care.

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The cutometer and ultrasonography in the assessment of postburn hypertrophic scar — a preliminary study

Cited by 91 publications

References 7 publications

Skin Viscoelasticity

Skin Viscoelasticity

Evaluation of Skin Viscoelasticity in Type 1 Neurofibromatosis Patients

EEMCO Guidance to the in vivo Assessment of Tensile Functional Properties of the Skin

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