Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Bone: A Recent History
Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Bone: A Recent History
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DOI：
10.1007/s11999-009-0784-z
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Currey, John
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作者：
Currey, John
在过去的50年里，我们对骨的力学性质以及骨具有这些性质而不是其他性质的原因的理解取得了很大进展。问题是，这些进步在多大程度上是由于骨研究技术的增加，以及在多大程度上是由于对所涉及的基本过程的理解增加。虽然相当多的启示来自物理科学，特别是材料科学的思想转移，作者认为，大多数增长来自观测和机械技术的能力和分辨率的大幅提高。即便如此，骨结构的显着层次性使其成为一种几乎独特的难以正确理解的材料，并且还有很多工作要做，以结合宏观，微观和纳米水平的解释，以获得对骨力学的全面理解。
Much progress has been made in the last 50 years in our understanding of bone's mechanical properties, and the reasons it has these properties and not others. The question is to what extent these advances have arisen from an increase in the techniques available for the study of bone, and how much stems from an increased understanding of the basic processes involved. Although considerable enlightenment has come from the transfer of ideas from the physical sciences, in particular materials science, the author argues that most increases have come from the vastly increased power and resolution of the observational and mechanical techniques available. Even so, the remarkably hierarchical nature of bone's structure makes it an almost uniquely difficult material to understand properly, and much remains to be done to marry explanations at the macro-, micro- and nanolevels to obtain a full understanding of bone mechanics.