Modification of the in vivo four-point loading model for studying mechanically induced bone adaptation

Bone

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-310

  Forwood, Mark R ^a   Bennett, M B ^a   Blowers, A R ^a   Nadorfi, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bone formation; Histomorphometry; Mechanical loading; Mechanical strain; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; RAT; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TIBIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031693507     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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