The effects of embalming using a 4% formalin solution on the compressive mechanical properties of human cortical bone

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1294-1298

  Öhman, Caroline ^a,b   Dall'Ara, Enrico ^a   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Jan, Serge Van Sint ^c   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compressive testing; Cortical bone; Formalin fixation; Hardness; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FORMALDEHYDE; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; RISK PERCEPTION; STRAIN; STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

BIOLOGICAL RISKS; BONE SEGMENTS; BONE TISSUES; COMPRESSIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE TESTING; CORTICAL BONE; CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FORMALIN; FORMALIN FIXATION; FOUR GROUPS; HUMAN CORTICAL BONES; LONG DURATIONS; ULTIMATE STRAINS; ULTIMATE STRESSES; YIELD STRAINS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; BONE TISSUE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; EMBALMING; FEMUR; FORMALDEHYDE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 56549086201     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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