Can deterministic mechanical size effects contribute to fracture and microdamage accumulation in trabecular bone?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-210

  Siegmund, Thomas ^a   Allen, Matthew R ^b   Burr, David B ^b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fatigue; Fracture; Microdamage; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; RALOXIFENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DAMAGE; DENSITY; FRACTURE; LOADING; MATRIX; MICROCRACK; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE MASS; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; DIPHOSPHONATES; DOGS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953687123     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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