Friction coefficient of skin in real‐time

Background/purpose: Friction studies are useful in quantitatively investigating the skin surface. Previous studies utilized different apparatuses and materials for these investigations but there was no real‐time test parameter control or monitoring. Our studies incorporated the commercially available UMT Series Micro‐Tribometer, a tribology instrument that permits real‐time monitoring and calculation of the important parameters in friction studies, increasing the accuracy over previous tribology and friction measurement devices used on skin.

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