Reduced tissue hardness of trabecular bone is associated with severe osteoarthritis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1593-1598

  Dall'Ara, Enrico ^a,b   Öhman, Caroline ^a,c   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hardness; Microstructure; Osteoarthritis; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BONE TISSUE; FEMORAL HEADS; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEONS; PATHOLOGIC TISSUES; PATHOLOGICAL TISSUE; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SAMPLE SIZES; TISSUE HARDNESS; TRABECULAR BONE TISSUE; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE; INDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PATHOLOGY;

VICKERS HARDNESS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; GENDER; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR HEAD; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955471159     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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