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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2021

Bone Mechanoregulation Allows Subject-Specific Load Estimation Based on Time-Lapsed Micro-CT and HR-pQCT

Matthias Walle, Francisco C Marques, Nicholas Ohs, Michael Blauth, Ralph Müller, Caitlyn J Collins

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Bone remodeling and responsiveness to mechanical stimuli in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2024
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  9. Mechanostat parameters estimated from time-lapsedFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias WalleInstitute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Francisco C MarquesInstitute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nicholas OhsInstitute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Michael BlauthDepartment for Trauma Surgery, Innsbruck University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.
Ralph MüllerInstitute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Caitlyn J CollinsInstitute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Institute for Biomedical Engineering · CHETH Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital Innsbruck · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients at high risk of fracture due to metabolic diseases frequently undergo long-term antiresorptive therapy. However, in some patients, treatment is unsuccessful in preventing fractures or causes severe adverse health outcomes. Understanding load-driven bone remodelling, i.e., mechanoregulation, is critical to understand which patients are at risk for progressive bone degeneration and may enable better patient selection or adaptive therapeutic intervention strategies. Bone microarchitecture assessment using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) combined with computed mechanical loads has successfully been used to investigate bone mechanoregulation at the trabecular level. To obtain the required mechanical loads that induce local variances in mechanical strain and cause bone remodelling, estimation of physiological loading is essential. Current models homogenise strain patterns throughout the bone to estimate load distribution

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bone loading estimationbone remodellingfinite element analysishuman distal radiusmechanoregulationmouse caudal vertebra

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PMID34249883
PMCPMC8267803
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