A cellular solid model for modulus reduction due to resorption of trabeculae in bone

Vajjhala, S.; Kraynik, A. M.; Gibson, L. J.

Affiliations

¹Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139

²Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0834

Abstract

In osteoporotic trabecular bone, bone loss occurs by thinning and subsequent resorption of the trabeculae. In this study, we compare the effects of density reductions from uniform thinning of struts or from removal of struts in a random, open-cell, three-dimensional Voronoi structure. The results of this study, combined with those previous studies on other regular and random structures, suggest that the modulus and strength of trabecular bone are reduced more dramatically by density losses from resorption of trabeculae than by those from uniform thinning of trabeculae.

Links

DOI: 10.1115/1.1289996

PubMed: 11091953

WoS: 000167111200008

History

Received: 2000-01-23

Revised: 2000-05-12

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