Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 421-426 , 2 February 2012

Are spontaneous fractures possible? An example of clinical application for personalised, multiscale neuro-musculo-skeletal modelling

  • Marco Viceconti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 051 6366864; fax: +39 051 6366863.
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  • Fulvia Taddei

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Bioingegneria Computazionale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy

,Accepted 16 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.048

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 421-426 , 2 February 2012

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