The fracture toughness of cancellous bone

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2054-2060

  Cook, R B ^a   Zioupos, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent density; Bone; Cancellous; Fracture toughness; Porosity; Power law functions

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; BENDING MODES; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; CANCELLOUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELLULAR SOLIDS; CRITICAL STRESS; CRITICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; FEMORAL HEADS; LIFE SPAN; OSTEOPOROTIC; POPULATION SIZES; POWER FUNCTIONS; POWER LAW FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRABECULAR ORIENTATION; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BONE; FRACTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SET THEORY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VERTEBRA;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 69449089395     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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