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A Novel Stretching Platform for Applications in Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology
Published on: June 3, 2014
The benefit of stretching along the artery
Yuh-Ying Lin Wang1, Yu-Hua Chen, Da-Jing Guo
1The Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. yuhying@phy03.phy.ntnu.edu.tw
Abstract:
Many rehabilitation exercises involve the stretching of bodies. We point out the necessity of the longitudinal stretching in arteries. The efficiency of an arterial system is closely related to the condition of the transverse vibration of the arterial walls or to the magnitudes of the area oscillation in all blood vessels. For a given blood pressure wave, a more elastic arterial wall has larger area oscillation, and therefore a higher efficiency in circulation. Elastic properties of the artery depend on the longitudinal stretching. In vitro experiment on pig aorta confirms that proper longitudinal stretching increases its elasticity and benefits to the circulatory system.
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