Improved prediction of proximal femoral fracture load using nonlinear finite element models

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-173

  Keyak, J H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Femur; Finite element; Hip fracture; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TOMOGRAPHY;

OSTEOPOROSIS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034995656     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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