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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Burns. 2016 Dec 5;43(5):909–932. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.014

Table 2.2.

Hyperelastic models and their parameters for healthy skin

Species Experiment method Anatomic site Material model with free energy function Model Parameters
Human Uniaxial tension Various sites Veronda-Westmann W=C1[eC2(I1-3)-1]-C1C22(I2-3) (e*)
C1 = 0.00124±8.78×10−5
C2 = 1.07±0.148 [23]

Suction Volar forearm Extended Mooney Rivlin W = C10(I1−3)+C11(I1−3)(I1−3) (ivv) C10 = (9.4±3.6) kPa
C11 = (82±60) kPa [24]
Volar forearm Neo-Hookean W = C1(I1−3) (ivv) C1,ul = 0.11kPa **
C1,rd = 160kPa [25]

Uniaxial tension Posterior upper arm (straight) Ogden W=2μα2(λ1α+λ2α+λ3α)-p(J-1) (ivv) μ = 9.6kPa
α = 35.993 [26]
Posterior upper arm (bent) (ivv) μ = 9.6kPa
α = 35.993[26]
Anterior upper forearm (ivv) μ = 39.8kPa
α = 33.452[26]
Anterior lower forearm (ivv) μ = 2.6kPa
α = 35.883[26]

Bi-axial tension Medial forearm Ogden W=μα(λ1α+λ2α+λ3α-3)-p(J-1) (ivv) μ = 10Pa
α = 26 [27]

Uniaxial compression Abdominal Ogden W=2μα2(λ1α+λ2α+λ3α-3) (ivtr) μ = 0.1MPa
α = 9

Murine Uniaxial tension Along the spline Veronda-Westmann W=C1[eC2(I1-3)-1]-C1C22(I2-3) (e)
C1 = 0.000278±0.000118
C2 = 10.2±2.71 [23]
*

(e) indicates ex vivo test, (ivv) indicates in vivo test, and (ivtr) indicates in vitro test

**

In [25] the skin is divided into two layers: upper layer (epidermis + papillary dermis) and the reticular dermis. C is obtained for each layer.