TY - JOUR
T1 - Variables influencing the frictional behaviour of in vivo human skin
AU - Veijgen, N.K.
AU - Masen, Marc Arthur
AU - van der Heide, Emile
N1 - In Press, Accepted Manuscript
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In the past decades, skin friction research has focused on determining which variables are important to affect the frictional behaviour of in vivo human skin. Until now, there is still limited knowledge on these variables.
This study has used a large dataset to identify the effect of variables on the human skin, subject characteristics and environmental conditions on skin friction. The data are obtained on 50 subjects (34 male, 16 female). Friction measurements represent the friction between in vivo human skin and an aluminium sample, assessed on three anatomical locations.
The coefficient of friction increased significantly (p<0.05) with increasing age, increasing ambient temperature and increasing relative air humidity. A significant inversely proportional relationship was found between friction and both the amount of hair present on the skin and the height of the subject. Other outcome variables in this study were the hydration of the skin and the skin temperature
AB - In the past decades, skin friction research has focused on determining which variables are important to affect the frictional behaviour of in vivo human skin. Until now, there is still limited knowledge on these variables.
This study has used a large dataset to identify the effect of variables on the human skin, subject characteristics and environmental conditions on skin friction. The data are obtained on 50 subjects (34 male, 16 female). Friction measurements represent the friction between in vivo human skin and an aluminium sample, assessed on three anatomical locations.
The coefficient of friction increased significantly (p<0.05) with increasing age, increasing ambient temperature and increasing relative air humidity. A significant inversely proportional relationship was found between friction and both the amount of hair present on the skin and the height of the subject. Other outcome variables in this study were the hydration of the skin and the skin temperature
KW - IR-85690
KW - METIS-295950
U2 - 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.02.009
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 448
EP - 461
JO - Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
JF - Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
SN - 1751-6161
ER -