Tension and bending, but not compression alone determine the functional adaptation of subchondral bone in incongruous joints

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-97

  Eckstein, Felix ^a   Merz, Beat ^b   Schön, Marion ^a   Jacobs, Christopher R ^c   Putz, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut Straumann   (Switzerland)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow joint; Finite element model; Joint mechanics; Split lines; Trabecular architecure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; ELBOW; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; ULNA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW JOINT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULNA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033000449     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050212     Document Type: Article

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