Abstract: Although microdamage is known to accumulate in trabecular bone with overloading and aging, the tissue-level stresses and strains associated with local bone failure are not well known. Local ...

Abstract: Despite considerable documentation of the ability of normal bone to adapt to its mechanical environment, very little is known about the response of bone grafts or their substitutes to mechanical ...

Abstract: It has long been known that the bone adapts according to the local mechanical environment. To date, however, a model for studying the effects of functional mechanical loading on tissue-engineered ...