Cortical bone finite element models in the estimation of experimentally measured failure loads in the proximal femur

Bone

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 737-740

  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 Paracelcus 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; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865628900     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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