Table 2.

The phase velocity (averaged) and estimated Young's modulus of five subjects in palm and forearm.

subject	dermis phase velocity (m s−1)		dermis Young's modulus (kPa)		subcutaneous fat phase velocity (m s−1)		subcutaneous fat Young's modulus (kPa)
	forearm	palm	forearm	palm	forearm	palm	forearm	palm
1	7.02 ± 1.14	7.50 ± 0.55	180.38 ± 4.76	205.89 ± 1.11	4.00 ± 0.38	4.25 ± 0.69	50.95 ± 0.46	57.52 ± 1.51
2	6.45 ± 0.87	7.94 ± 0.52	152.27 ± 2.77	230.75 ± 0.99	3.92 ± 0.27	4.05 ± 0.81	48.93 ± 0.23	52.23 ± 2.09
3	7.37 ± 0.93	8.29 ± 0.61	198.81 ± 3.17	251.55 ± 1.36	4.18 ± 0.41	4.38 ± 0.78	55.64 ± 0.54	61.09 ± 1.94
4	7.24 ± 0.61	7.69 ± 0.48	191.86 ± 1.36	216.45 ± 0.84	4.25 ± 0.35	4.56 ± 0.64	57.52 ± 0.39	66.22 ± 1.30
5	8.85 ± 0.79	10.02 ± 0.51	286.68 ± 2.28	368.22 ± 0.98	4.17 ± 0.55	4.03 ± 0.73	55.37 ± 0.96	51.72 ± 1.69