Most of the bone changes in habitual horse riders occur at the muscle, tendon and ligament attachment sites in the thigh bones and pelvis. Other changes can include: deformations in the diameter ...

In biomechanical tests, it performed as well as a human femur. Researchers estimated each 3D-printed femur cost $7 to make. Li said 3D-printed bones have a range of potential applications.

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real ...

In the lab, Zhang's team used 3D printing to fabricate a full-scale resin prototype of the new bio-inspired material and attached it to a synthetic model of a fractured human femur.

The femur is one of the strongest bones in the body." Egol said X-rays of some of his patients look more like an injury endured by a car accident than an otherwise minimal fall.

One of the bones that contained evidence of cannabis was the femur. Forensic scientists at the University of Milan's Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology and Odontology have made a groundbreaking ...