Studies on prestress in bone¹

Issue title: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Biorheology. Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 27 July – 1 August 1981. Dedicated to Alex Silberberg

Guest editors: Alfred L. Copley

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stanwyck, T. Scott | Fischer, Richard | Pope, Malcolm | Seligson, David

Affiliations: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405

Note: [1] This work was supported by a grant from Orthopaedic Research & Education Fdn.

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor E. Fukada

Abstract: Pilot studies showed the occurrence of stress relief when a sawcut was made in cortical bone next to a foil strain gauge. In these experiments, strain gauges were cemented on the surface of bovine metatarsals or ovine tibiae to determine if the observed residual strain was an artifact caused by strain gauge application or by stress relief procedures. A consistent stress relief was recorded lending further support to the concept that bone is a prestressed material.

Keywords: Prestress, Hydroxyapatite, Collagen, Bone

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1982-191-232

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 19, no. 1-2, pp. 301-306, 1982