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Soft tissues cover the surface of the human body and provide a means of protecting it from the forces and stresses of its environment. They have a structure and thickness which varies from location to location according to the mechanical demand. In this work, the term ‘soft tissue’ refers to the total tissue thickness which extends from the outer surface of the skin, the epidermis, through the dermal and subcutaneous tissues to the surface of the bone. The role of these tissues is of great interest in rehabilitative medicine and orthopaedics. If these tissues lose their ability to absorb and dissipate mechanical energy, a vicious process of inflammation and autolysis is initiated leading to frank ulceration and, in many cases, amputation of the afflicted part.
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Thompson, D.E., Hussein, H.M., Perritt, R.Q. (1981). Point impedance characterization of soft tissues in vivo . In: Marks, R., Payne, P.A. (eds) Bioengineering and the Skin. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7310-7_13
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