Mechanisms of initial endplate failure in the human vertebral body

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3126-3131

  Fields, Aaron J ^a   Lee, Gideon L ^a   Keaveny, Tony M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone strength; Endplate failure; Finite element analysis; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CORTICAL SHELL; ENDPLATES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INITIAL FAILURE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOR; MICRO CT; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC; TRABECULAR BONES; VERTEBRAL BODY; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; YIELD STRAIN;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPANSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK PERCEPTION;

TENSILE STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78549265777     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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