Validation of an HR-pQCT-based homogenized finite element approach using mechanical testing of ultra-distal radius sections

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-444

  Varga, Peter ^a   Dall'Ara, Enrico ^a   Pahr, Dieter H ^a   Pretterklieber, Michael ^b   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colles' fracture; Distal radius; Finite element; Homogenization; HR pQCT

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; LOADS (FORCES); RISK PERCEPTION;

COLLES' FRACTURE; DISTAL RADIUS; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FRACTURE LOAD; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOMOGENIZATION; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054086557     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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