Relationships between femoral strength evaluated by nonlinear finite element analysis and BMD, material distribution and geometric morphology

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1575-1585

  Gong, He ^a,b   Zhang, Ming ^a   Fan, Yubo ^b   Kwok, Wai Leung ^c   Leung, Ping Chung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Geometric morphology; Material distribution; Nonlinear finite element analysis; Proximal femur; Strength

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC MORPHOLOGY; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PROXIMAL FEMUR; STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84864569011     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0514-7     Document Type: Article

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