Microindentation for in vivo measurement
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Adolfo Diez-Perez; Roberto Güerri; Xavier Nogues; Enric Cáceres; Maria Jesus Peñ
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Article
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2010
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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Bone tissue mechanical properties are deemed a key component of bone strength, but their assessment requires invasive procedures. Here we validate a new instrument, a reference point indentation (RPI) instrument, for measuring these tissue properties in vivo. The RPI instrument performs bone microin