Title :
Intramedullary pressure induced fluid flow in bone
Author :
Qin, Y.-X. ; McLeod, K.J. ; Rubin, C.T.
Author_Institution :
Program in Biomed. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
IM pressure induced intracortical fluid flow has been evaluated by pore-elastic FEM and measured streaming potentials. The results suggest that oscillating IM P can initiate spatial fluid flow in bone without matrix deformation, and may play an important role in bone adaptation
Keywords :
biological fluid dynamics; bone; finite element analysis; physiological models; bone adaptation; intramedullary pressure induced bone fluid flow; matrix deformation; pore-elastic finite element models; streaming potentials; Biomedical measurements; Bones; Capacitive sensors; Finite element methods; Fluid flow; Fluid flow control; Fluid flow measurement; In vivo; Pressure measurement; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802568
