Regional variations in the apparent and tissue-level mechanical parameters of vertebral trabecular bone with aging using micro-finite element analysis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1622-1631

  Gong, He ^a,c   Zhang, Ming ^a   Qin, Ling ^b   Hou, Yajun ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENYANG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent level; Longitudinal direction; Micro finite element analysis; Tissue level; Trabecular bone; Transverse direction; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

APPARENT LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; TISSUE LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONES; TRANSVERSE DIRECTION; VERTEBRAL BODY;

BONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35248870701     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9332-8     Document Type: Article

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