Finite element analysis of cancellous bone failure in the vertebral body of healthy and osteoporotic subjects

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1023-1036

  Boccaccio, A ^a   Vena, P ^a   Gastaldi, D ^a   Franzoso, G ^a   Pietrabissa, R ^a,b   Pappalettere, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

finite element analysis; fracture criterion; lumbar spine; osteoporosis; soft biological tissues

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CRITICAL LOADING CONDITIONS; CRITICAL STRESS; DAILY LIVES; FAILURE MAP; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRACTURE CRITERIA; FRACTURE RISK PREDICTION; FRONTAL PLANES; FUNCTIONAL SPINAL UNITS; HIGH POROSITY; HISTOMORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATERIAL FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; NON-LINEAR; OSTEOPOROTIC; PRELOADING; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; SPINAL DISEASE; STRENGTH ANALYSIS; STRENGTH ANISOTROPY; STRENGTH CRITERIA; VERTEBRAL BODY; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BONE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FRACTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POROSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 58149293363     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM296     Document Type: Article

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