Increased microstructural variability is associated with decreased structural strength but with increased measures of structural ductility in human vertebrae

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Yerramshetty, Janardhan ^a   Kim, Do Gyoon ^b   Yeni, Yener N ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ductility; Heterogeneity; Micro CT; Strength; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE VOLUME FRACTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE RISKS; HETEROGENEITY; MICRO CT; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; REGIONAL VARIATION; STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL DUCTILITY; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; VERTEBRAE; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOMETRY; VERTEBRA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77954937363     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3148473     Document Type: Article

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