Multiscale modelling of the skeleton for the prediction of the risk of fracture

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 845-852

  Viceconti, Marco ^a   Taddei, Fulvia ^a   Van Sint Jan, Serge ^c   Leardini, Alberto ^a   Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Stea, Susanna ^a   Baruffaldi, Fabio ^a   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Integrative research; Multiscale modelling; Risk of fracture; Virtual physiological human

Indexed keywords

BONE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DATA STRUCTURES; DISPENSERS; FISH; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; JOINT PROSTHESES; MODAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THEOREM PROVING;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AVERAGE ERRORS; BONE FRACTURES; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; COLLABORATIVE WORKS; CONSTITUTIVE LAWS; CONTINUUM MODELING; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); FAILURE CRITERION; FAILURE LOADS; GRAND CHALLENGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE; JOINT FORCES; LEVEL MODEL; MULTISCALE MODELLING; MUSCLE FORCES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELLING; ORGAN LEVEL; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SUB MODELS; SUB-MODELS; SUBJECT SPECIFIC; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAIT; JOINT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46949101399     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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