Bone morphometry strongly predicts cortical bone stiffness and strength, but not toughness, in inbred mouse models of high and low bone mass

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1194-1203

  Voide, Romain ^a   Van Lenthe, G Harry ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone quality; Bone strength; Bone structure; Inbred strains

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 47849126237     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.080311     Document Type: Article

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