Anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the trabecular structure can describe the mechanical strength of osteoarthritic cancellous bone

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1160-1166

  Tassani, Simone ^a,b   Öhman, Caroline ^a,b   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Baruffaldi, Fabio ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cancellous bone; Inhomogeneity; Mechanical behaviour; Strength prediction; Trabecular structure

Indexed keywords

CANCELLOUS BONE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; STRENGTH PREDICTION; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950692168     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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