Trabecular architecture of the human patella

Raux, P.; Townsend, P. R.; Miegel, R.; Rose, R. M.; Radin, E. L.

Affiliations

¹Department of Anatomy. Faculte Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France

²Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A.

³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. U.S.A.

Abstract

The internal architecture of the human patella was studied by quantitative stereological analysis of microradiographs made from sagittal and horizontal sections. The predominant structural (trabecular) element was found to be oriented sheets of hard tissue connected laterally by rods of the same material. The sheets change orientation in a correlated and systematic manner which appears to be in response to the biomechanical demands made on the patella. The predominant variable in the determination of density (and, presumably, other physical properties) was the intertrabecular spacing rather than trabecular thickness. It was found that the sheet-and-rod model could be used to calculate all of the structural parameters in a consistent manner.

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DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(75)90037-8

PubMed: 1126969

WoS: A1975W167200001

History

Received: 1974-05-20

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