Bone remodels architecture in response to mechanical loading: trabecular orientation aligns with principal stress trajectories (Wolff 1892). Stress-shielding by stiff implants causes bone resorption — key design constraint for prostheses.
Bone remodels architecture in response to mechanical loading: trabecular orientation aligns with principal stress trajectories (Wolff 1892). Stress-shielding by stiff implants causes bone resorption — key design constraint for prostheses.