Bone and its adaptation to mechanical loading: A review

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 235-255

  Mellon, S J ^a   Tanner, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone; Bone modelling; Bone remodelling; Mechanical adaptation; Review

Indexed keywords

BONE CELLS; BONE FORMATION; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELLING; BONE TISSUE; MACROSTRUCTURES; MECHANICAL ADAPTATION; MECHANICAL LOADING; OSTEOCYTES;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CYTOLOGY; MECHANISMS; OSTEOBLASTS; REVIEWS; TISSUE;

LOADING;

EID: 84865681786     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: 17432804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743280412Y.0000000008     Document Type: Review

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