The Role of Muscular Weakness in Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis in the Elderly

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1847-1850

  Be'ery, Michal ^a   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Femoral neck fracture; Finite element analysis; Tissue adaptation; Trabecular bone remodeling

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE; TISSUE ADAPTATION; TRABECULAR BONE REMODELING;

BONE;

EID: 1542301582     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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