Mechanobiological adaptation of subchondral bone as a function of joint incongruity and loading

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 720-728

  Eckstein, F ^a   R Jacobs, C ^b   R Merz, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institut Straumann   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone adaptation; Elbow joint; Finite element analysis; Joint incongruity; Non linear contact; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

BONE ADAPTATION; SUBCHONDRAL BONES;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; ELBOW; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031256147     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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