Age-related deterioration in trabecular bone mechanical properties at material level: Nanoindentation study of the femoral neck in women by using AFM

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-159

  Milovanovic, Petar ^a   Potocnik, Jelena ^b   Djonic, Danijela ^a   Nikolic, Slobodan ^a   Zivkovic, Vladimir ^a   Djuric, Marija ^a   Rakocevic, Zlatko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aging; Atomic force microscopy; Bone; Femur; Nanoindentation; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED BONE FRAGILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MATRIX; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NANOINDENTATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84856228321     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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