Anatomic variation in the elastic inhomogeneity and anisotropy of human femoral cortical bone tissue is consistent across multiple donors

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1817-1820

  Rudy, David J ^a   Deuerling, Justin M ^a   Espinoza Orías, Alejandro A ^a,b   Roeder, Ryan K ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cortical bone; Elastic constants; Femur; Intracortical porosity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL BONE; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEMUR; FEMUR LENGTH; FOURTH-ORDER; HUMAN FEMORA; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTRACORTICAL POROSITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORTHOTROPY; POWER LAW SCALINGS; TISSUE DENSITY; ULTRASOUND;

BONE; CARTILAGE; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC INHOMOGENEITY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; DIAPHYSES; ELASTICITY; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 79956112827     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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