Microdamage in bone: Implications for fracture, repair, remodeling, and adaptation

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-271

  Donahue, Seth W ^a,b   Galley, Sarah A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Fatigue; Fracture; Microdamage; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE FIXATION; MICROCRACKS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ETIOLOGY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; MICRODAMAGE; REMODELING;

BONE;

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; NITRIC OXIDE; OSTEOPONTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TURNOVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FRACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRABECULAR BONE; ULNA FRACTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33748783404     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v34.i3.20     Document Type: Review

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