Year: 1976
Type: article
Abstract: Relations between mineralisation and mechanical properties have been investigated in human femoral compacta. Evidence of age-related changes in physical properties of bone, independent of mineral density, is provided by significant (P less than 0.05) partial correlation between ultimate tensile stress and age. However, 75 per cent of variance in ultimate tensile stress, and 85 per cent of variance in ultimate compressive stress could be accounted for by variation in mineral density.
Source: Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
Authors: C. B. Smith, D. A. Smith
Institutions: Western Infirmary, University of Glasgow
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2000535059