The femur as a musculo-skeletal construct: A free boundary condition modelling approach

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 673-680

  Phillips, A T M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Femur; Finite element; Free boundary conditions; Hip; Knee; Ligaments; Muscles; Structures

Indexed keywords

FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIP; KNEE; STRUCTURES;

BIOMECHANICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIP PROSTHESES; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; STRAIN;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HIP; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67549137662     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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