Mechanical evaluation by patient-specific finite element analyses demonstrates therapeutic effects for osteoporotic vertebrae

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Tawara, Daisuke ^a,b   Sakamoto, Jiro ^b   Murakami, Hideki ^c   Kawahara, Norio ^c   Oda, Juhachi ^b   Tomita, Katsuro ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; BONE MASS; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPRESSIVE FRACTURE; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL EVALUATION; OSTEOPOROTIC; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; TIME POINTS;

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DRUG THERAPY; FRACTURE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); METAL RECOVERY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRESS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350570481     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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