Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1191-1197 , September 2002

How morphology predicts mechanical properties of trabecular structures depends on intra-specimen trabecular thickness variations

  • G.H. van Lenthe
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  • R. Huiskes

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Building Whoog 4.131, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31-40-247-2486; fax: +31-40-244-7355

,Accepted 1 May 2002.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1191-1197 , September 2002

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