Biomechanical properties of an intact, injured, repaired, and healed femur: An experimental and computational study

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-135

  Ebrahimi, Hamid ^a   Rabinovich, Mikhail ^a   Vuleta, Viktor ^a,b   Zalcman, Daniel ^a   Shah, Suraj ^a   Dubov, Anton ^a   Roy, Kavya ^a   Siddiqui, Faisal Sharaf ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b   Bougherara, Habiba ^a   Zdero, Rad ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Experiments; Femur; Finite element analysis; Fracture; Periprosthetic

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL STRAINS; FEMUR; LOAD APPLICATION; OVERALL STIFFNESS; PERIPROSTHETIC; STRESS SHIELDING;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; BONE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 84872677950     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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