Relating age and micro-architecture with apparent-level elastic constants: A micro-finite element study of female cortical bone from the anterior femoral midshaft

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-596

  Donaldson, F E ^a   Pankaj, P ^a   Cooper, D M L ^b   Thomas, C D L ^c   Clement, J G ^c   Simpson, A H R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Elastic constants; Finite element; Micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AGE-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES; BONE LOSS; BONE MICROARCHITECTURE; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT; LONG BONE; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POISSON'S RATIO; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; YOUNG'S MODULUS; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; MACRO FINITE ELEMENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC BIOMECHANICS;

ARCHITECTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; POROSITY;

ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIOSTEUM; POROSITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051925967     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041303310395675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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