Contact stress distributions on the femoral head of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2495-2500

  Troy, Karen L ^a,b   Brown, Thomas D ^c,d   Conzemius, Michael G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Hip; Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT STRESS; CONTACT STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; FEMORAL HEADS; GAIT CYCLES; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTIES; HIP FLEXION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NATURAL HISTORY; OSTEONECROSIS; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILMS; STANCE PHASE; STRESS MAGNITUDE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; LOADING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NECROSIS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; EMU; FEMUR HEAD; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; DROMAIIDAE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70350359470     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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