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bone stiffness measurement device [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Bones and Joints
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The BSMD measures the flexural wave propagation in long bones implying a relationship between bending stiffness and the wave phase-velocity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Os et articulations
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Étude des modifications de l'os en vol par diagnostic mécanique : la mesure de la vitesse de propagation d'ondes de choc sur un os long (tibia) permet de mesurer de faibles changements dans les propriétés mécaniques correspondant à la rigidité osseuse, autre facteur probablement à l'origine de l'ostéoporose. Les mesures se font sur la partie antérieure du tibia par le cosmonaute lui-même.

Spanish

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