En bloc staining of bone under load does not improve dye diffusion into microcracks

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-288

  Burr, David B ^a,c   Turner, Charles H ^a,b,c   Naick, Pratap ^b   Forwood, Mark R ^a,c   Pidaparti, Ramana ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic fuchsin; Bone; Fatigue; Microcrack

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIFFUSION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE FIXATION; KINEMATICS; MICROCRACKS; NUCLEATION;

BENDING LOAD; DYE DIFFUSION; EN BLOC STAINING; FUCHSIN; MICRODAMAGE ACCUMULATION; PATHOGENESIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; DIFFUSION; DOG; FEMUR; FRACTURE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031578640     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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