Abstract: The compression behavior of spinal cord tissue is important for understanding spinal cord injury mechanics but has not yet been established. Characterizing compression behavior assumes precise ...

Abstract: Damage accumulation plays a key role in weakening bones prior to complete fracture and in stimulating bone remodeling. The goal of this study was to characterize the degradation in the mechanical ...

Abstract: The sensitivity of vertebral body strength to the distribution of axial forces along the endplate has not been comprehensively evaluated. Using quantitative computed tomography-based finite element ...

Abstract: Multiaxial failure properties of trabecular bone are important for modeling of whole bone fracture and can provide insight into structure-function relationships. There is currently no consensus ...

Abstract: This study investigated the numerical convergence characteristics of specimen-specific “voxel-based” finite element models of 14 excised human cadaveric lumbar vertebral bodies (age: 37–87; M=6, ...

Abstract: Despite the importance of multiaxial failure of trabecular bone in many biomechanical applications, to date no complete multiaxial failure criterion for human trabecular bone has been developed. ...

Abstract: Study of the behavior of trabecular bone at strains below 0.40 percent is of clinical and biomechanical importance. The goal of this work was to characterize, with respect to anatomic site, ...