Consequences of Imbalanced Joint-Muscle Loading of the Femur and Tibia: From Bone Cracking to Bone Loss

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1827-1830

  Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Finite element analysis; Micro gravity; Space osteoporosis; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; FEMUR; MICROGRAVITY; SPACE OSTEOPOROSIS; STRESS FRACTURES; TIBIA;

BONE;

EID: 1542331528     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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