title: [Evaluation of bone sterngth].
abstract: Biomechanical testing of the bone provides the most important and direct information about bone strength. This article explains biomechanical priciples including structural mechanical properties and intrinsic material properties, and serves actual biomechanical testing tedhniques for bone specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Tasuku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mashiba
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D019245:Compressive Strength; D006801:Humans; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength