Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 826-835 , 22 March 2010

Structural behaviour and strain distribution of the long bones of the human lower limbs

  • Luca Cristofolini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +390516366864; fax: +390516366863.
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  • Giorgia Conti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Mateusz Juszczyk

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Sara Cremonini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Serge Van Sint Jan

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
    • ,
  • Marco Viceconti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy

,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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PII: S0021-9290(09)00668-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.022

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 826-835 , 22 March 2010

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