Effects of trochanteric soft tissue thickness and hip impact velocity on hip fracture in sideways fall through 3D finite element simulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2834-2842

  Majumder, Santanu ^a   Roychowdhury, Amit ^a   Pal, Subrata ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element simulation; Hip impact velocity; Pelvis femur soft tissue complex; Sideways fall and hip fracture; Trochanteric soft tissue thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAIT ANALYSIS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; HIP IMPACT VELOCITY; PELVIS-FEMUR-SOFT TISSUE COMPLEX; SIDEWAYS FALL AND HIP FRACTURE; TROCHANTERIC SOFT TISSUE THICKNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CORTICAL BONE; FALLING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP IMPACT VELOCITY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE; THICKNESS; TROCHANTERIC SOFT TISSUE THICKNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE DENSITY; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PELVIC BONES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 51049120268     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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