Table 4 Herschel-Bulkley material parameters for volar forearm corneocytes

From: Atomic force microscope protocols for characterising the elastoviscoplastic biomechanical properties of corneocytes

Participant ID

σY (MPa)

j

k (MPa sj)

R2 (mean ± 1 SD)

1

48 (29–53)

0.33 (0.28–0.36)

16 (15–23)

0.971 ± 0.003

2

21 (7–41)

0.34 (0.14–0.43)

14 (10–22)

0.971 ± 0.009

3

29 (4–43)

0.28 (0.19–0.42)

25 (11–42)

0.955 ± 0.030

  1. The material parameter results are presented as the median and range (for 5 cells per participant and 64 force curves per cell).