In vivo bone strain and bone functional adaptation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 717-722

  Demes, Brigitte ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric bending; Buckling; Cross sectional geometry; Second moment of area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG BONE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMUR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247562654     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20584     Document Type: Article

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