Do microcracks decrease or increase fatigue resistance in cortical bone?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1295-1303

  Sobelman, O S ^a   Gibeling, J C ^b   Stover, S M ^c   Hazelwood, S J ^a   Yeh, O C ^a   Shelton, D R ^b   Martin, R B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Fatigue; Femur; Microcrack; Microdamage

Indexed keywords

CRACK DENSITY; FATIGUE RESISTANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

MICROCRACKS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 3242667111     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.12.034     Document Type: Article

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