Structural behaviour and strain distribution of the long bones of the human lower limbs

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 826-835

  Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Conti, Giorgia ^a,b   Juszczyk, Mateusz ^a,b   Cremonini, Sara ^a   Sint Jan, Serge Van ^c   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Femur; Fibula; In vitro biomechanical testing; Lower limb bones; Strain distribution; Structural stiffness; Tibia

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; IN VITRO BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; IN-VITRO; LOWER LIMB; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; ELASTICITY; GAGES; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

STRAIN RATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL TORSION; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIBIA TORSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 77549086890     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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