A mathematical model of epiphyseal development: Hypothesis of growth pattern of the secondary ossification centre

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Garzón Alvarado, Diego Alexander ^a   Cortés, Liliana Mabel Peinado ^a   Sandoval, Rosy Paola Cárdenas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Epiphyseal development; Mathematical model; Secondary ossification centre; Turing pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CENTRAL ZONE; CHONDROCYTES; COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EPIPHYSEAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH PATTERNS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH PRESSURE LEVELS; MOLECULAR FACTORS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; SECONDARY OSSIFICATION CENTRE; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; STABLE PATTERNS; TURING PATTERNS;

CANALS; CARTILAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FEEDBACK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LIGAMENTS; PATHOLOGY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GELATINASE B; IHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIPHYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA SUBUNITS; EPIPHYSES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOGENESIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79251524193     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.484810     Document Type: Article

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