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Hardness of the human tibia

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Abstract

The hardness distribution over the compact bone tissue of the human tibia is examined along the length and in six different zones of the cross section of the bone. A correlation is established between the hardness numbers, on the one hand, and the characteristics of the mechanical properties and the biochemical composition of the bone tissue, on the other. The three-dimensional structure of the equal-hardness formations is studied. The results confirm the assumptions of [1] concerning the specific functions of each zone in the rheological adaptation of the bone to physiological loads.

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  1. Kh. A. Yanson
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Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga; Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1101–1107, November–December, 1973.

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Yanson, K.A., Bite, G.R., Knets, I.V. et al. Hardness of the human tibia. Polymer Mechanics 9, 966–971 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00856987

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