Modeling the mechanical behavior of vertebral trabecular bone: Effects of age-related changes in microstructure

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Silva, Matthew J ^a   Gibson, L J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Finite element analysis; Mechanical properties; Microstructural model; Osteoporosis; Vertebral trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOPOROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINE;

EID: 0030869475     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00100-2     Document Type: Article

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