Research ArticleHEALTH AND MEDICINE
Morphology and composition play distinct and complementary roles in the tolerance of plantar skin to mechanical load
- View ORCID ProfileColin J. Boyle1,
- View ORCID ProfileMagdalena Plotczyk1,
- View ORCID ProfileSergi Fayos Villalta1,
- View ORCID ProfileSharad Patel1,
- Shehan Hettiaratchy1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileSpyros D. Masouros1,
- View ORCID ProfileMarc A. Masen1,3 and
- View ORCID ProfileClaire A. Higgins1,*
- 1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- 2Department of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: c.higgins{at}imperial.ac.uk
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Science Advances 09 Oct 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 10, eaay0244
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay0244
Vol. 5, no. 10, eaay0244
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay0244
Colin J. Boyle
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Magdalena Plotczyk
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sergi Fayos Villalta
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sharad Patel
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Shehan Hettiaratchy
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
2Department of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Spyros D. Masouros
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Marc A. Masen
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Claire A. Higgins
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
