The use of composite materials in modern orthopaedic medicine and prosthetic devices: A review

MS Scholz, JP Blanchfield, LD Bloom… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of fibre reinforced composite materials for biomedical purposes is reviewed. The
development of polymer composite materials has, in recent years, led to technological …

Recent advances on the measurement and calculation of the elastic moduli of cortical and trabecular bone: a review

E Novitskaya, PY Chen, E Hamed, L Jun… - Theoretical and …, 2011 - doiserbia.nb.rs
In this review, recent advances on the measurement and modeling of elastic properties of
cortical and trabecular bone are presented. Bone is a multifunctional material which among …

Three-dimensional micro-level computational study of Wolff's law via trabecular bone remodeling in the human proximal femur using design space topology …

C Boyle, IY Kim - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
The law of bone remodeling, commonly referred to as Wolff's Law, asserts that the internal
trabecular bone adapts to external loadings, reorienting with the principal stress trajectories …

Change in porosity is the major determinant of the variation of cortical bone elasticity at the millimeter scale in aged women

M Granke, Q Grimal, A Saïed, P Nauleau, F Peyrin… - Bone, 2011 - Elsevier
At the mesoscale (ie over a few millimeters), cortical bone can be described as two-phase
composite material consisting of pores and a dense mineralized matrix. The cortical porosity …

Finite element analysis performed on radius and tibia HR‐pQCT images and fragility fractures at all sites in men

N Vilayphiou, S Boutroy, P Szulc… - Journal of Bone and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Few studies have investigated bone microarchitecture and biomechanical properties in men.
This study assessed in vivo both aspects in a population of 185 men (aged 71±10 years) …

Comparison of different hip prosthesis shapes considering micro-level bone remodeling and stress-shielding criteria using three-dimensional design space topology …

C Boyle, IY Kim - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the late 1980s, computational analysis of total hip arthroplasty (THA) prosthesis
components has been completed using macro-level bone remodeling algorithms. The …

Micro-Brillouin scattering measurements in mature and newly formed bone tissue surrounding an implant

V Mathieu, K Fukui, M Matsukawa, M Kawabe… - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The evolution of implant stability in bone tissue remains difficult to assess because
remodeling phenomena at the bone-implant interface are still poorly understood. The …

In situ parameter identification of optimal density–elastic modulus relationships in subject-specific finite element models of the proximal femur

A Cong, JO Den Buijs, D Dragomir-Daescu - Medical engineering & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis of the femur is currently
being investigated as a method for non-invasive stiffness and strength predictions of the …

Deriving tissue density and elastic modulus from microCT bone scans

DW Wagner, DP Lindsey, GS Beaupre - Bone, 2011 - Elsevier
Tissue level density and elastic modulus are intrinsic properties that can be used to quantify
bone material and analyses incorporating those quantities have been used to evaluate bone …

Local strain and damage mapping in single trabeculae during three-point bending tests

R Jungmann, ME Szabo, G Schitter, RYS Tang… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of bone mineral density as a surrogate to diagnose bone fracture risk in individuals
is of limited value. However, there is growing evidence that information on trabecular …