A nonlinear finite element model validation study based on a novel experimental technique for inducing anterior wedge-shape fractures in human vertebral bodies in vitro

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2374-2380

  Dall'Ara, E ^a   Schmidt, R ^b   Pahr, D ^a   Varga, P ^a   Chevalier, Y ^a   Patsch, J ^b   Kainberger, F ^b   Zysset, P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone strength; Finite element modeling; Mechanical testing; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BALL JOINTS; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENDPLATES; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FE METHOD; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FITTING PARAMETERS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NON-LINEAR FE; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; OSTEOPOROTIC; POSTERIOR ELEMENTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; VERTEBRAL BODY; VERTEBRAL BONE; VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955556906     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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