Mathematical relationships between bone density and mechanical properties: A literature review

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-146

  Helgason, Benedikt ^a   Perilli, Egon ^b   Schileo, Enrico ^b   Taddei, Fulvia ^b   Brynjólfsson, Sigurdur ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; Constitutive law; Density; Elastic modulus; Mechanical properties; Subject specific finite element models

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; ELASTICITY-DENSITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38749149232     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.08.024     Document Type: Review

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