In vitro measured strains in the loaded femur: Quantification of experimental error

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Cristofolini, L ^a,b   McNamara, B P ^b,c   Freddi, A ^a   Viceconti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Error; Experimental; Femur; Strain gauge

Indexed keywords

BONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

PROXIMAL FEMURS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0031140306     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324971513337     Document Type: Article

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