On hydraulic strengthening of bones

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kafka, V.

Affiliations: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 128 49, Czechoslovakia

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor P. Rhia

Abstract: Hydraulic strengthening of bones - i.e. the strengthening effect of the viscous fluid in bones - is discussed and the contradicting results: of some researches concerning the existence of hydraulic strengthening are estimated. It is concluded that hydraulic strengthening exists and has an important positive effect upon the mechanical behaviour of bone, especially of cancellous bone. General features of an adequate mathematical model for the mechanical behaviour of cancellous bone are specified.

Keywords: Biomechanics, bone, spongiosa, viscoelasticity, structure, strengthening

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1983-20606

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 789-793, 1983