Compressive behaviour of child and adult cortical bone

• Published in: Bone (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 769 - 776
• Main Authors: Öhman, Caroline, Baleani, Massimiliano, Pani, Carla, Taddei, Fulvia, Alberghini, Marco, Viceconti, Marco, Manfrini, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Ash density; Biological and medical sciences; Bone and Bones - physiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Compressive behaviour; Compressive Strength - physiology; Cortical bone; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Regression Analysis; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Young Adult; Ash density; Adults; Children; Compressive behaviour; Cortical bone; Human; Morphology; Adult; Density; Child

In this study, cortical bone tissue from children was investigated. It is extremely difficult to obtain human child tissue. Therefore, the only possibility was to use bone tissue, free from any lesion, collected from young bone cancer patients. The compressive mechanical behaviour of child bone tiss...