BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF IMPLANTED LONG BONES

Biomechanical concepts of fracture healing in weight-bearing long bones.

Fracture healing is a complex process in which mechanical forces are essential for the regeneration of bone tissue. Mechanical loading can induce osteogenesis through the process of mechanotransduction. Current data on how mechanical loading stimulates fracture healing in weight-bearing long bones are presented. The role of mechanosensors, loading-induced interstitial fluid flow, streaming pote...

A novel device for resistance-free biomechanical testing of the metaphysis of long bones

BACKGROUND Biomechanical testing is an essential component of bone research. In order to test the metaphyseal region of long bones, a typical location for the nowadays increasing field of osteoporotic bone changes, three-point bending and breaking test devices are suitable and widely used. The aim of our study was to increase the effectiveness of this method by using a newly developed ball-moun...

Spiral Fracture of Long Bones in an Infant: Clinical and Biomechanical Challenges

Copyright: © 2013 Malik SS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The risk of a fracture from non-accidental injury is highest in the infant age group. The incidence of fractures in children i...

Modal behaviour of bones during fracture.

A common cause of human disability is related to the fracture of bones, complex structural materials whose properties vary with time. An analytical study (using ANSYS, a commercial finite element package) of bones under fracture conditions is presented, focusing on the frequency variation versus depth of crack, as well as on the evolution of strength in the fracture area.

Resection of the Long Bones