Assessment of cortical bone elasticity and strength: Mechanical testing and ultrasound provide complementary data

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1140-1147

  Grimal, Quentin ^a,b   Haupert, Sylvain ^a,b   Mitton, David ^c   Vastel, Laurent ^d   Laugier, Pascal ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^d Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Elasticity; Strength; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC PROPERTIES; COLLAGEN MATRICES; COMPLEMENTARY DATA; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN FEMORA; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; STRENGTH; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANISOTROPY; BENDING TESTS; BONE; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

ELASTICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 70350373503     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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