Micro Finite Element models of the vertebral body: Validation of local displacement predictions

• Maria Cristiana Costa,

  Affiliations Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Gianluca Tozzi,

  Affiliation Zeiss Global Centre, School of Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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• Luca Cristofolini,

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Valentina Danesi,

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Marco Viceconti,

  Affiliations INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Enrico Dall’Ara

  * E-mail: e.dallara@sheffield.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-5077

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