Mechanical behavior of human cortical bone in cycles of advancing tensile strain for two age groups

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 521-529

  Nyman, Jeffry S ^a   Roy, Anuradha ^b   Reyes, Michael J ^c   Wang, Xiaodu ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone; Damage accumulation; Energy dissipation; Post yield

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AGE-RELATED; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AGING; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; DAMAGING MECHANISM; GAIN INFORMATION; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; LOADING CYCLES; MAXIMUM STRESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODULUS LOSS; NONLINEAR CHANGES; PERMANENT STRAIN; POST-YIELD; PREMATURE FAILURES; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; TENSILE SPECIMENS; YIELD MECHANISM;

BONE; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION;

TENSILE STRAIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; ENERGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 65549154317     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31974     Document Type: Article

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