Influence of the frequency of the external mechanical stimulus on bone healing: A computational study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-371

  Gonzalez Torres L A ^a,b   Gomez Benito M J ^a,b   Doblare M ^a,b   Garcia Aznar J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational mechanobiology; Finite element modeling; Fracture healing; Mechanical stimulus frequency; Tissue differentiation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FRACTURE HEALING; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BONE; TISSUE;

FRACTURE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DEVIATORIC STRAIN; EXTERNAL CYCLIC STIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE HEALING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL TORSION; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OCTAHEDRAL STRAIN; OSTEOTOMY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WALKING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONY CALLUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; METATARSAL BONES; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955821457     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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