Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 363-371 , May 2010

Influence of the frequency of the external mechanical stimulus on bone healing: A computational study

  • L.A. González-Torres

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modeling, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
    • CIBER-BBN, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Spain
    • ,
  • M.J. Gómez-Benito

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modeling, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
    • CIBER-BBN, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modeling, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. Tel.: +34 976761912; fax: +34 976762578.
    • ,
  • M. Doblaré

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modeling, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
    • CIBER-BBN, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Spain
    • ,
  • J.M. García-Aznar

      Affiliations

    • Group of Structural Mechanics and Material Modeling, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, María de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
    • CIBER-BBN, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Spain

Received 21 May 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 28 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 363-371 , May 2010

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