The role of nanoscale toughening mechanisms in osteoporosis

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-356

  Thurner, Philipp J ^a,b   Katsamenis, Orestis L ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical bone tissue; Fracture toughness; Osteoporosis; Toughening mechanisms; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BONE SIALOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NONCOLLAGENOUS PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPONTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; HUMAN; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSCALE TOUGHENING MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BONE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84906240741     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-014-0217-0     Document Type: Review

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