Analysis of mechanical properties of cancellous bone under conditions of simulated bone atrophy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1053-1060

  Müller, Ralph ^a   Rüegsegger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis (FEA); Mechanical bone properties; Noninvasive bone biopsy; Quantitative computed tomography (QCT); Simulated bone atrophy; Trabecular bone architecture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CANCELLOUS BONE; HIGH RESOLUTION QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SIMULATED BONE ATROPHY; TRABECULAR BONE STRUCTURE;

BONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0342995851     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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