Investigation of the failure behaviour of vertebral trabecular architectures under uni-axial compression and wedge action loading conditions

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-576

  McDonnell, P ^a   Harrison, N ^a   McHugh, P E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone; Osteoporosis; Rapid prototype

Indexed keywords

BASELINE MODELS; BASELINE VALUES; BIOMODELS; BONE LOSS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CT SCAN; FAILURE BEHAVIOUR; FAILURE MECHANISM; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL TESTS; OSTEOPOROTIC; RAPID PROTOTYPE; RP MODEL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE; ULTIMATE LOADS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL TRABECULAR BONE;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BONE; BUCKLING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR;

LOADING;

ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MODEL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; UNI AXIAL COMPRESSION LOADING; VERTEBRA; WEDGE ACTION LOADING; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954028270     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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