Mechanical Properties of Trabecular Bone

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The relationships between the static mechanical properties of trabecular bone and apparent density vary for the different types of trabecular bone because of the anatomic site-, age-, and disease-related variations in trabecular architecture. Both linear and power-law relationships can be used to describe the dependence of modulus and compressive strength on apparent density (Tables A2.2, A2.3), with typical coefficients of determination (r values) in the range 0.5-0.9. Differences in the predictive... 

Contains a theoretical analysis of some possible underlying deformation and failure mechanisms of individual trabeculae, based upon analogies to cellular solids. Goldstein S.A. (1987) The mechanical properties of trabecular bone Dependence on anatomic location and function. /. Biomech., 20, 1055-1061. 

Hipp, J.A., Rosenberg, A.E. and Hayes, W.C. (1992) Mechanical properties of trabecular bone within and adjacent to osseous metastases. J. Bone Miner. Res., 7, 1165-1171. 

Klever, F., Klumpert, R., Horenberg, J. et al. (1985) Global mechanical properties of trabecular bone experimental determination and prediction from a structural model. In Biomechanics Current Interdisciplinary Research, 167-172, Ed. Perren S.M. and Schneider E. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht. 

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