Comparison of three-point bending test and peripheral quantitative computed tomography analysis in the evaluation of the strength of mouse femur and tibia

Bone

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Jämsä, Timo ^a,c   Jalovaara, P ^a   Peng, Z ^a   Vaananen H K ^a,b   Tuukkanen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bending strength; BMD; Bone geometry; Cortical density; Murine model; Three point bending

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FEMUR; MALE; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032145985     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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