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ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2016

Modeling the Mechanical Consequences of Age-Related Trabecular Bone Loss by XFEM Simulation.

Ruoxun Fan, He Gong, Xianbin Zhang, Jun Liu, Zhengbin Jia, Dong Zhu

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Article in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ruoxun FanDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Jilin University, Nanling Campus, Changchun 130025, China; Department of Automobile and Construction Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China.
He GongDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Jilin University, Nanling Campus, Changchun 130025, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7843-3154
Xianbin ZhangDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Jilin University, Nanling Campus, Changchun 130025, China.
Jun LiuHand & Foot Surgery and Reparative & Reconstructive Surgery Center, No. 2 Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Zhengbin JiaDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Jilin University, Nanling Campus, Changchun 130025, China.
Dong ZhuDepartment of Traumatic Orthopedics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Jilin University · CNBeihua University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CN

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Abstract

The elderly are more likely to suffer from fracture because of age-related trabecular bone loss. Different bone loss locations and patterns have different effects on bone mechanical properties. Extended finite element method (XFEM) can simulate fracture process and was suited to investigate the effects of bone loss on trabecular bone. Age-related bone loss is indicated by trabecular thinning and loss and may occur at low-strain locations or other random sites. Accordingly, several ideal normal and aged trabecular bone models were created based on different bone loss locations and patterns; then, fracture processes from crack initiation to complete failure of these models were observed by XFEM; finally, the effects of different locations and patterns on trabecular bone were compared. Results indicated that bone loss occurring at low-strain locations was more detrimental to trabecular bone than that occurring at other random sites; meanwhile, the decrease in bone strength caused by trabecular loss was higher than that caused by trabecular thinning, and the effects of vertical trabecular loss on mechanical properties were more severe than horizontal trabecular loss. This study provided a numerical method to simulate trabecular bone fracture and distinguished different effects of the possible occurrence of bone loss locations and patterns on trabecular bone.

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Age FactorsAgedAlgorithmsBone and BonesBone RemodelingBone ResorptionComputer SimulationFinite Element AnalysisFractures, BoneHumansModels, TheoreticalOsteoporosisPressureStress, Mechanical

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