Fracture simulation of the femoral bone using the finite-element method: How a fracture initiates and proceeds

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-112

  Ota, Toyotsugu ^a,b   Yamamoto, Itsuo ^a   Morita, Rikushi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fracture; Human femur; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032998090     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007740050072     Document Type: Article

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