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The mechanical properties of immature osteopetrotic bone

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The elastic properties of the longer bones of the fore and hind limbs of an osteopetrotic Angus calf were measured using an ultrasonic technique. the same bones of a second Angus calf with unaffected bone tissue were also studied. The osteopetrotic bones were found to exhibit statistically significant lower values of density and mineral content than did the unaffected bones (P=.0054 andP=.0492, respectively.) This result is contrary to what has been reported in the literature. The variations of the elastic properties and the density around the circumference of both the immature osteopetrotic femur and the unaffected femur were found to be similar to those previously measured on normal adult bovine femora.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisana

    R. B. Ashman, W. C. Van Buskirk, S. C. Cowin & P. M. Sandborn

  2. Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Montana State University, 59717, Bozeman, Montana

    M. K. Wells

  3. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 70112, New Orleans, Louisiana

    J. C. Rice

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Ashman, R.B., Van Buskirk, W.C., Cowin, S.C. et al. The mechanical properties of immature osteopetrotic bone. Calcif Tissue Int 37, 73–76 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02557682

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