A biomechanical comparison between tissue stiffness meter and shore type 00 durometer using fresh human fetal membrane cadavers

A manual palpation is traditionally used on soft tissue stiffness evaluation in clinical practices. However, the palpation is a subjective technique, so quantitative tissue stiffness measurement would be a more reliable method on diagnosing disorders instead of a palpation in medicine. The purpose of this study was to emphasize a new medical device that was capable of measuring soft tissue stiffness.