Internal strain distribution of the human femur under compressive loading measured by digital volume correlation

Mario Giorgi, Saulo Martelli, Egon Perilli, Enrico Dall'Ara

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    Abstract

    Understanding the mechanism of osteoporotic femoral neck fractures is important for improving diagnosis and treatments of osteoporosis. Standard mechanical testing can measure the femoral stiffness and strength under different loading scenarios. However, it does not provide information about internal deformations and location of fracture onset. A combination of time-elapsed micro-CT imaging, step-wise loading and Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) has been already used for measuring deformation within trabecular bone specimens [1] and vertebral bodies [2] but its application to images of specimens as big as the proximal human femur is challenging. The goal of this study is to develop a protocol to measure the full 3D field distribution of strain, from the elastic range up to failure, in the entire human proximal femur.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages162-162
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event2017 International Society of Biomechanics (ISB 2017) biennial meeting - Brisbane, Australia
    Duration: 23 Jul 201727 Jul 2017

    Conference

    Conference2017 International Society of Biomechanics (ISB 2017) biennial meeting
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityBrisbane
    Period23/07/1727/07/17

    Keywords

    • Digital volume correlation
    • femur
    • micro-CT

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