Mechanical significance of femoral head trabecular bone structure in Loris and Galago evaluated using micromechanical finite element models

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-96

  Ryan, Timothy M ^a   Van Rietbergen, Bert ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Femur; Finite element analysis; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HIP; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GALAGO; LORISIDAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10044261150     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10414     Document Type: Article

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