Context Increased bone fragility and reduced energy absorption to fracture associated with
type 2 diabetes (T2D) cannot be explained by bone mineral density alone. This study, for the …

Knowledge about spinal loading is required for designing and preclinical testing of spinal
implants. It is assumed that loading of the spine depends upon body weight and height, as …

Most micro-CT finite element modeling of human trabecular bone has focused on linear and
non-linear analysis to evaluate bone failure properties. However, prediction of the apparent …

The accurate measurement of local strain is necessary to study bone mechanics and to
validate micro computed tomography (µCT) based finite element (FE) models at the tissue …

Bone diseases such as osteoporosis are one of the main causes of bone fracture and often
result in hospitalization and long recovery periods. Researchers are aiming to develop new …

Cancellous bone yield strain has been reported in the literature to be relatively constant and
independent from microstructure and apparent density, while fracture strain shows higher …

The use of synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography (SR-microCT) is becoming
increasingly popular for studying the relationship between microstructure and bone …

In this paper, a simple and practical finite element (FE) model coupled to a quasi-brittle
damage law to describe the initiation and progressive propagation of multiple cracks based …

The present paper addresses femur failure mechanics, by numerically investigating the
influence of brittle/quasi-brittle bone constitutive description when combined with several …

In vitro mechanical testing of spinal specimens is extremely important to better understand
the biomechanics of the healthy and diseased spine, fracture, and to test/optimize surgical …