The development of microcracking and failure in bone depends on the loading mode to which it is adapted

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 543-552

  Reilly, Gwendolen C ^a,b   Currey, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone; Compression; Horse; Mechanical adaptation; Microcracking; Strain; Stress; Tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HORSE; INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIUS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HORSES; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RADIUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033104358     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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