Ct-based finite element models can be used to estimate experimentally measured failure loads in the proximal femur

Bone

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 824-829

  Koivumäki, Janne E M ^a   Thevenot, Jérôme ^a   Pulkkinen, Pasi ^a   Kuhn, Volker ^b,c   Link, Thomas M ^d   Eckstein, Felix ^c,e   Jämsä, Timo ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone biomechanics; Bone strength; Femur; Finite element; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; STIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84857023860     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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