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ArticleScientific reports2018

Juvenile bovine bone is an appropriate surrogate for normal and reduced density human bone in biomechanical testing: a validation study.

J W A Fletcher, S Williams, M R Whitehouse, H S Gill, E Preatoni

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J W A FletcherDepartment for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK. j.w.a.fletcher@bath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4147-5013
S WilliamsDepartment for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
M R WhitehouseMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2436-9024
H S GillDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
E PreatoniDepartment for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5383-7072
University of Bath · GBUniversity of Bristol · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orthopaedic research necessitates accurate and reliable models of human bone to enable biomechanical discoveries and translation into clinical scenarios. Juvenile bovine bone is postulated to be a potential model of normal human bone given its dimensions and comparatively reduced ethical restrictions. Demineralisation techniques can reduce bone density and alter bone properties, and methods to model osteoporotic bone using demineralised juvenile bovine bone are investigated. Juvenile bovine long bones were quantitatively CT scanned to assess bone density. Demineralisation using hydrochloric acid (0.6, 1.2 and 2.4 M) was performed to create different bone density models which underwent biomechanical validation for normal and osteoporotic bone models. All long bones were found to have comparable features to normal human bone including bone density (1.96 ± 0.08 gcm

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Age FactorsAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBone Demineralization TechniqueBone DensityCattleDisease Models, AnimalFemurHumansHumerusHydrochloric AcidMaterials TestingOsteoporosisPedicle ScrewsTibiaUlnaHydrochloric Acid

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PMID29976928
PMCPMC6033911
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