Experimental investigation of bone remodelling using composite femurs

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 523-536

  Waide, V ^a   Cristofolini, L ^a,b   Stolk, J ^c   Verdonschot, N ^c   Toni, A ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone remodelling; Cemented implants; Composite femurs; Finite element analysis; In vitro simulations; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

BONE; CEMENTS; PROSTHETICS; STRAIN;

COMPOSITE FEMURS;

BIOMECHANICS;

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HEEL; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037820585     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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