Changes in the stiffness, strength, and toughness of human cortical bone with age

Bone

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Zioupos, P ^a   Currey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical bone; Damage; Stiffness; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031973823     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00228-7     Document Type: Article

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