Stress intensity variations in bone microcracks during the repair process

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-177

  Taylor, David ^a   Tilmans, Antoine ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

BMU; Bone; Microcrack; Repair; Stress intensity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; COLONY FORMING CELL; DISEASE SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2942650501     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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