Multiscale investigation of the functional properties of the human femur

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1879, 2008, Pages 3319-3341

  Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Taddei, Fulvia ^a   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Baruffaldi, Fabio ^a   Stea, Susanna ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Functional competence; Human femur; Skeletal biomechanics; Subject specific multiscale modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DISPENSERS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELLING; CELL LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCE; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HUMAN BONES; HUMAN FEMORA; HUMAN FEMUR; INTEGRATED MODELLING; LEVEL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRENGTHS; MODEL VALIDATIONS; MULTI SCALING; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS; ORGAN LEVEL; PROXIMAL FEMUR; SCIENTIFIC METHODS; SKELETAL BIOMECHANICS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC MULTISCALE MODELLING; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 49549113412     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0077     Document Type: Article

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