Assessment of mechanical properties of human osteon lamellae exhibiting various degrees of mineralization by nanoindentation

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Bensamoun, Sabine ^a   Fan, Zaifeng ^b   Brice, Ilharreborde ^c   Rho, Jae Young ^b   Ho Ba Tho, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bone remodeling; Cortical human bone; Elastic modulus; Nanoindentation; Osteon lamellae

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CALIBRATION; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FORCE; FRACTURE HEALING; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEON LAMELLAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 58149385937     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957708002024     Document Type: Article

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