The effect of zoledronic acid on the intrinsic material properties of healing bone: An indentation study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 843-847

  Amanat, Negin ^a,b   He, Li Hong ^b   Swain, Michael V ^b   Little, David G ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonate; Fracture healing; Intrinsic properties; Microindentation

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; GARNETS; HARDNESS; MAINTENANCE; RATS; REPAIR; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

BISPHOSPHONATE; BISPHOSPHONATES; BONE TISSUES; CLOSED FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REPAIR; IN-CONTROL; INTRINSIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; INTRINSIC PROPERTIES; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MICROINDENTATION; POST-FRACTURE; PRELIMINARY DATA; SINGLE-DOSE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HARDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE REMODELING; DIPHOSPHONATES; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRESSURE; RATS; SALTS;

EID: 50249090152     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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