Biomechanical properties of human os calcanei: Relationships with bone density and fractal evaluation of bone microarchitecture

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 817-824

  Lespessailles, E ^b   Jullien, A ^b   Eynard, E ^b   Harba, R ^b   Jacquet, G ^b   Ildefonse, J P ^b   Ohley, W ^a   Benhamou, C L ^b  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone strength; Fractal analysis; Microarchitecture; Os calcis

Indexed keywords

BONE; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPRESSION TESTING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032169707     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00074-8     Document Type: Article

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