Inhomogeneity of tissue-level strain distributions in individual trabeculae: Mathematical model studies of normal and osteoporosis cases

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 624-630

  Gefen, Amit ^a   Portnoy, Sigal ^a   Diamant, Idit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Generic trabecula building block; Spongy bone

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CANCELLOUS BONE BIOMECHANICS; GENERIC TRABECULA BUILDING BLOCKS; INHOMOGENEITY; MECHANICAL STRAINS; SPONGY BONE;

BONE;

ARTICLE; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 44349154895     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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