Journal article
Trabecular bone remodelling simulated by a stochastic exchange of discrete bone packets from the surface
Abstract
Human bone is constantly renewed through life via the process of bone remodelling, in which individual packets of bone are removed by osteoclasts and replaced by osteoblasts. Remodelling is mechanically controlled, where osteocytes embedded within the bone matrix are thought to act as mechanical sensors. In this computational work, a stochastic model for bone remodelling is used in which the renewal of bone material occurs by exchange of …
Authors
Hartmann MA; Dunlop JWC; Bréchet YJM; Fratzl P; Weinkamer R
Journal
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 879–887
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.005
ISSN
1751-6161