Influence of formalin fixation on the biomechanical properties of human diaphyseal bone

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Burkhart, Klaus J ^a   Nowak, Tobias E ^a   Blum, Jochen ^b   Kuhn, Sebastian ^a   Welker, Marcel ^a   Sternstein, Werner ^a   Mueller, Lars P ^a   Rommens, Pol M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Stadtkrankenhaus Worms ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

biomechanical testing; formalin fixed specimens; human bones

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STIFFNESS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; FORMALIN; FORMALIN FIXATION; HUMAN BONES; HUMAN FEMORA; IN-VIVO; PAIRED COMPARISON; STIFFNESS VALUES; TORSIONAL LOADINGS; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STIFFNESS;

BONE;

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMUR; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78951494212     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2010.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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