Characterisation of the material properties of bone in health and disease

This thesis describes a study characterising some of the material properties of cancellous bone from patients suffering from either osteoporosis or osteoarthritis whose femoral heads were surgically removed during hip replacement operations. For comparison, a variety of animal bones, having a range...

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Main Author: Mkukuma, Lovemore D.
Published: University of Aberdeen 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252126