Compression or tension? The stress distribution in the proximal femur

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rudman, K E ^a   Aspden, R M ^a   Meakin, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; LIGAMENTOUS FORCES; MUSCULAR FORCES; PROXIMAL HUMAN FEMUR; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG MOVEMENT; LIGAMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; SHEAR STRESS; TRABECULAR BONE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33644835425     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-5-12     Document Type: Article

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