Noninvasive determination of bone mechanical properties using vibration response: A refined model and validation in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Roberts, S G ^a   Hutchinson, T M ^b   Arnaud, S B ^b   Kiratli, B J ^c   Martin, R B ^d   Steele, C R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral; Bone stiffness; Failure; Mechanical properties; Mechanical testing; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

LONG BONES;

BONE;

ALUMINUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; MASKING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; STRENGTH; TIBIA; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030045753     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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