Quantitative measures of femoral fracture repair in rats derived by micro-computed tomography

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 891-897

  Nyman, Jeffry S ^a,b   Munoz, Steve ^a   Jadhav, Satyawan ^a   Mansour, Alfred ^a   Yoshii, Toshitaka ^a   Mundy, Gregory R ^a,b   Gutierrez, Gloria E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fracture healing; Micro CT; Rat; Statin

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BONE STRUCTURES; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; CLINICAL OUTCOMES; DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE LINES; IMPACT LOADINGS; LONG BONES; LOVASTATIN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; MICRO-CT; MINERAL DENSITIES; MOMENT OF INERTIAS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; RAT FEMURS; REGION OF INTERESTS; STATIN; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS; THREE-POINT BENDING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

BENDING STRENGTH; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; RATS; REPAIR; STIFFNESS; TOMOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

MEVINOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR FRACTURE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RIGIDITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; LOVASTATIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 64549142793     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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