Human cancellous bone from T12-L1 vertebrae has unique microstructural and trabecular shear stress properties

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Yeni, Yener N ^a   Kim, Do Gyoon ^a   Divine, George W ^a   Johnson, Evan M ^b   Cody, Dianna D ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic site; Biomechanics; Osteoporosis; Stress strain; Thoraco lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MODEL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOM; SPINE FRACTURE; STEREOLOGY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 57449119287     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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