New insights into long-bone biomechanics: Are limb safety factors invariable across mammalian species?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2911-2918

  Kokshenev, Valery B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone; Elasticity; Safety factor; Scaling; Stability

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTICITY; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; SAFETY FACTOR;

COMPRESSIVE-STRESS CONSTRAINTS; MAMMALIAN SPECIES; SCALING EXPONENTS; SOLID LONG CYLINDERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DINOSAUR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTICITY; ELEPHANT; FORCE; LIMB; LIZARD; LONG BONE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; ELASTICITY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34548504364     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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