Research ArticleHEALTH AND MEDICINE
Morphology and composition play distinct and complementary roles in the tolerance of plantar skin to mechanical load
- Colin J. Boyle1,
- Magdalena Plotczyk1,
- Sergi Fayos Villalta1,
- Sharad Patel1,
- Shehan Hettiaratchy1,2,
- Spyros D. Masouros1,
- Marc A. Masen1,3 and
- Claire 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
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Magdalena Plotczyk
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sergi Fayos Villalta
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sharad Patel
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Shehan Hettiaratchy
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.Department of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Spyros D. Masouros
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Marc A. Masen
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Claire A. Higgins
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
