Elastic anisotropy and collagen orientat
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Yuichi Takano; Charles H. Turner; Ichiro Owan; R. Bruce Martin; Stanley T. Lau;
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract There is evidence that the collagen microarchitecture of bone is influenced by mechanical stresses or strains. We hypothesized that peak functional strains correlate with the elastic anisotropy and collagen orientation of bone tissue and that the bone anisotropy might be changed by alte