Bilateral symmetry of biomechanical properties in rat femora

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Battraw, G Aaron ^a   Miera, Verma ^a   Anderson, Philip L ^a   Szivek, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN GAGES;

BILATERAL SYMMETRY; RAT FEMORA;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030270079     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199610)32:2<285::AID-JBM19>3.3.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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