Black bear femoral porosity decreases and mechanical properties increase with age despite annual periods of disuse (hibernation)

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1942-1952

  McGee, Meghan E ^a   Magic, Keith W ^a   Miller, Danielle L ^a   Maki, Aaron J ^a   Donahue, Seth W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Cortical bone; Disuse osteoporosis; Mechanical properties; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

BLACK BEAR; FEMORAL POROSITY; HIBERNATION; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 34047239718     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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