Raffaella De Vita

Raffaella De Vita


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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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2 September 2016 in Applied Mechanics Reviews
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ABAdwoa Baah-Dwomoh
Adwoa Baah-Dwomoh
JMJeffrey McGuire
Jeffrey McGuire
Ting TanTing Tan
Ting Tan
RVRaffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita
Although there has been an upsurge of interest in research on women's sexual and reproductive health, most of the research has remained confined to the obstetrics and gynecology disciplines, without knowledge flow to the biomechanics community. Thus, the mechanics of the female reproductive system and the changes determined by pregnancy, age, obesity, and various medical conditions have not been thoroughly studied. In recent years, more investigators have been focusing their efforts on evaluating the mechanical properties of the reproductive organs and supportive connective tissues, but, despite the many advances, there is still a lot that remains to be done. This paper provides an overview of the research published over the past few decades on the mechanical characterization of the primary female reproductive organs and supporting connective tissues. For each organ and tissue, after a brief description of the function and structure, the testing methods and main mechanical results are presented. Constitutive equations are then reviewed for all organs/tissues together. The goal is to spark the interest of new investigators to this largely untapped but fast-evolving branch of soft tissue mechanics that will impact women's gynecologic, reproductive, and sexual health care.

31 May 2012 in Annals of Biomedical Engineering
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FDFrances M. Davis
Frances M. Davis
RVRaffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita

25 August 2006 in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
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Raffaella De Vita
WSWilliam S. Slaughter
William S. Slaughter

22 August 2018 in Annals of Biomedical Engineering
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AHAlyssa Huntington
Alyssa Huntington
EREmanuele Rizzuto
Emanuele Rizzuto
SASteven Abramowitch
Steven Abramowitch
ZPZaccaria Del Prete
Zaccaria Del Prete
RVRaffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita

14 September 2014 in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
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WBWinston R. Becker
Winston R. Becker
RVRaffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita

1 February 2015 in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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Ting TanTing Tan
Ting Tan
FDFrances M. Davis
Frances M. Davis
DGDaniel D. Gruber
Daniel D. Gruber
JMJason C. Massengill
Jason C. Massengill
JRJohn L. Robertson
John L. Robertson
RVRaffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita