The Role of Water Compartments in the Material Properties of Cortical Bone

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 292-307

  Granke, Mathilde ^a   Does, Mark D ^b,c   Nyman, Jeffry S ^a,b,d,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e Medical Center East   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanical behavior; Mineralization; Quality; Strength; Toughness; Water

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SOLVENT; WATER;

AGE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BONE STRENGTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICAL BONE; DEHYDRATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBER; FRACTURE; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULUS TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOLYSIS; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; BONE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FRACTURES, BONE; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER;

EID: 84938746837     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-015-9977-5     Document Type: Review

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