Bilateral symmetry of biomechanical properties in mouse femora

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Margolis, David S ^a   Lien, Yeong Hau H ^b   Lai, Li Wen ^b   Szivek, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Elastic moduli; Failure load; Mouse femora; Strain

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELASTICITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN GAGES;

ANIMAL MODELS; BILATERAL SYMMETRY; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BONE HEALING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 2342478599     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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