The Law of Bone Remodelling 1st Editon 2011 Softbound

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Springer The Law of Bone Remodelling 1st Editon 2011 Softbound by Julius Wolff

I Concept of the Law of Bone Remodelling.- II The Internal Architecture of Normal Bone and Its Mathematical Significance.- 1 Historical.- 2 The Internal Architecture of the Proximal End of the Human Femur.- 3 The Stress Trajectories in Graphic Statics.- 4 Calculations of Culmann for the Crane Similar to a Femur.- 5 Significance of the Internal Architecture of Bone.- 6 Possibility of Predicting Anatomical Features Mathematically.- III Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bones.- 1 Remodelling of the Internal Architecture of Bones After Pathological Alterations of Their External Shape.- 2 Secondary Modifications of the External Shape of the Bone After Primary Pathological Alterations of This Shape.- 3 Modifications of the Architecture and Shape of Bones After Pathological Alterations of Their Static Stressing.- 4 Modifications in Shape of Bones After Intentional Alterations of Their Static Stressing.- 5 Pathological Bone Specimens and Clinical Observations Demonstrating the Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bones.- 6 Remodelling of the Internal Architecture and External Shape of Bone by the Trophic Stimulus of Function.- 7 Histological Process of Bone Remodelling.- IV Functional Shape of Bone.- 1 Previous Opinions Concerning the Reasons for the Shape of Bones.- 2 Critical Analysis of the Previous Opinions Concerning the Reasons for the Shape of Bones, Particularly of the “Compression Theory”.- 3 Basis of the Theory of the Functional Shape of Bone.- 4 Summary and Conclusion.- V On the Remodelling Force and Its Therapeutic Use.- 1 The Remodelling Force in the Wide Sense of the Word.- 2 The Remodelling Force in a More Restricted Sense of the Word.- 3 The Theory of the Remodelling Force as Opposed to Previous Concepts for Getting Rid of Bone Deformities.- 4 Possibility of Predicting Therapeutic Results Mathematically.- Appendix to Chapter II- V: Overall View of the Topics of Bone Theory Predictable Mathematically 87.- VI Consequences Drawn from the Law of Bone Remodelling.- 1 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Bone Growth.- 2 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Fracture Healing.- 3 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on Rickets.- 4 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Pathogenesis and Development of Deformities.- 5 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling for the Treatment of Deformities.- 6 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Other Tissues of the Organism.- Appendix to Section 6: The Structure of Plants and the Question of Its Remodelling.- 7 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on the Metabolism.- 8 Consequences of the Law of Remodelling on Inflammation and Regeneration.- 9 The Teleological Concept of Nature in the Law of Bone Remodelling.- 10 The Law of Remodelling and the Theory of Mechanics.- 11 The Law of Remodelling and “Organ Projection”.- 12 Consequences of the Law of Bone Remodelling on the Theory of Heredity.- References.- Name and Subject Index.