Mechanobiology of Fracture Healing

Lutz Claes, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Research in Trauma Surgery and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Germany.

• 1.Introduction.- 2.Basic biology of fracture healing.- 3.Specific methods in experimental fracture healing.- 4.Basic biomechanical factors affecting fracture healing.- 5.Biomechanical enhancement of fracture healing.- 6.Mechano-biological hypothesis of tissue differentiation in fracture healing.- 7.Numerical mechano-biological models for bone healing.- 8.Conclusions for the improvement of clinical fracture treatment.- 9.References.- 10.List of abbreviations.