Simulation of hip fracture in sideways fall using a 3D finite element model of pelvis-femur-soft tissue complex with simplified representation of whole body

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1167-1178

  Majumder, Santanu ^a   Roychowdhury, Amit ^a   Pal, Subrata ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element simulation; Hip fracture; Pelvis femur soft tissue complex; Sideways fall

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

HIP FRACTURE; PEAK IMPACT FORCE; PELVIS-FEMUR-SOFT TISSUE COMPLEX; SIDEWAYS FALL; SOFT TISSUE;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HIP FRACTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIS; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35748975647     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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