Biophysical Bone Behaviour: Principles and Applications is the culmination ofefforts to relate the biophysical phenomena in bone to bone growth and electrical behavior. Behari develops a bridge between physics and biology of bone leading to its clinical applications, primarily electro stimulations in fracturehealing and osteoporosis. Divided into seven chapters, the first deals with the basic biological aspects and the parameters relating to growth and repair. The second chapter deals with bone behavior in its relationship with mechanical properties (piezoelectric phenomena), while the third describes bioelectric phenomena in bone and sets goals for in vivo experimentation. The fourth chapter presents semiconduction properties, mechanisms of change transport, Hall Effect, photoelectric effect, electret effects, PN junction properties, and several others. These properties are then related to bioelectric phenomena in boneand its relation to bone fracture healing. Chapter 7 discusses related issuesof osteoporosis in detail, including the definition of osteoporosis and the parameters to characterize this with biochemical and physical methods for treatment. The final chapter describes non-invasive techniques for the measurement of bone osteoporosis, along with a variety of techniques: dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, acoustic and ultrasonography, dual photon absorptiometry. The book is based upon authors own research work and his review articles in the area, and updated with the latest research results.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-82400-9
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 22/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés