The thermodynamic driving force for bone growth and remodelling: A hypothesis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 183-193

  Kirchner, Helmut O K ^a,b   Lazar, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Energy momentum tensor; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FORCE; HYPOTHESIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 37249052230     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1096     Document Type: Article

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