Bone hardness testing in the trabecular bone of the human patella

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 460-468

  Katoh, T ^a   Griffin, M P ^b   Wevers, H W ^b,c   Rudan, J ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bone; hardness; human; knee; patella

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSION; EMBEDDING; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATELLA; PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029897063     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80037-4     Document Type: Article

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