Mechanical Forces in Wound Healing

This research area studies the effects of mechanical stimulation on tissue repair processes during wound healing. It explores various interventions, such as vacuum-assisted closures, that enhance recovery outcomes.

wound healing
mechanical stimulation
traction
tissue repair
vacuum closure

5,418 papers

Parent topic: Biophysical Modeling in Medicine

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Top Papers

Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method For Wound Control And Treatment

1997 · 1,987 citations

Vacuum-assisted Closure: A New Method For Wound Control And Treatment: Clinical Experience.

1997 · 1,365 citations

Traction Fields, Moments, And Strain Energy That Cells Exert On Their Surroundings

2002 · 918 citations

Collective Migration Of An Epithelial Monolayer In Response To A Model Wound

2007 · 781 citations

Embryonic Cardiomyocytes Beat Best On A Matrix With Heart-Like Elasticity: Scar-Like Rigidity Inhibits Beating

2008 · 757 citations

Cyclic Stretching Stimulates Synthesis Of Matrix Components By Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

1976 · 742 citations

Percutaneous Needle Biopsy Of Skeletal Muscle In Physiological And Clinical Research.

1975 · 723 citations

Contraction Of Granulation Tissue In Vitro: Similarity To Smooth Muscle

1971 · 638 citations

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated By Tension In Intercalating Cells

2009 · 593 citations

Mechanical Signaling And The Cellular Response To Extracellular Matrix In Angiogenesis And Cardiovascular Physiology

2002 · 552 citations

Shear-wave Generation Using Acoustic Radiation Force: In Vivo And Ex Vivo Results

2003 · 551 citations

In Vivo Measurements Of The Elastic Mechanical Properties Of Human Skin By Indentation Tests

2008 · 546 citations

Cell Mechanics: Integrating Cell Responses To Mechanical Stimuli

2007 · 540 citations

Electrical Fields In Wound healing—An Overriding Signal That Directs Cell Migration

2009 · 517 citations

Ultrastructural Changes After Concentric And Eccentric Contractions Of Human Muscle.

1983 · 497 citations

Mechanotransduction At Cell-Matrix And Cell-Cell Contacts

2004 · 477 citations

E-cadherin Junctions As Active Mechanical Integrators In Tissue Dynamics

2015 · 467 citations

Shape And Biomechanical Characteristics Of Human Red Blood Cells In Health And Disease

2010 · 466 citations

Mechanical Waves During Tissue Expansion

2012 · 456 citations

Isometric Contraction By Fibroblasts And Endothelial Cells In Tissue Culture: A Quantitative Study

1992 · 442 citations