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Philippe K. Zysset

Philippe K. Zysset

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
67
Citations
15073
World Ranking
1325
National Ranking
22

Overview

Philippe K. Zysset is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has a research portfolio that spans medicine and engineering, with a notable focus on surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, oral surgery, and epidemiology. Their work addresses interdisciplinary areas bridging clinical and engineering approaches.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Bone tissue engineering materials
  • Dental implant techniques and outcomes
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Elasticity and material modeling
  • Bone fractures and treatments

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • Bone
  • Bone Reports
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Philippe K. Zysset are:

  • Jakob Schwiedrzik
  • П. Варга
  • Johann Michler
  • Denis Schenk
  • Kurt Lippuner

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Philippe K. Zysset provide insight into their research focus and scientific contributions:

  • Empirical relationships between bone density and ultimate strength: A literature review, 2020, Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • Microtensile properties and failure mechanisms of cortical bone at the lamellar level, 2020, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Conventional finite element models estimate the strength of metastatic human vertebrae despite alterations of the bone's tissue and structure, 2020, Bone
  • Bone Microarchitecture and Strength in Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Perspectives on the non-invasive evaluation of femoral strength in the assessment of hip fracture risk, 2020, Osteoporosis International

Best Publications

  • Elastic modulus and hardness of cortical and trabecular bone lamellae measured by nanoindentation in the human femur

    Philippe K Zysset;X Edward Guo;C Edward Hoffler;Kristin E Moore

  • Nanoindentation discriminates the elastic properties of individual human bone lamellae under dry and physiological conditions.

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  • Biomechanics of fracture risk prediction of the hip and spine by quantitative computed tomography.

    Wilson C. Hayes;Stephen J. Piazza;Philippe K. Zysset

  • Mechanical properties of cortical bone and their relationships with age, gender, composition and microindentation properties in the elderly.

    Mohammad J. Mirzaali;J. Jakob Schwiedrzik;J. Jakob Schwiedrzik;Suwanwadee Thaiwichai;James P. Best

  • Heterogeneity of bone lamellar-level elastic moduli.

    C.E. Hoffler;K.E. Moore;K. Kozloff;P.K. Zysset

  • An application of nanoindentation technique to measure bone tissue lamellae properties

    C. Edward Hoffler;X. Edward Guo;Philippe K. Zysset;Steven A. Goldstein

  • An alternative model for anisotropic elasticity based on fabric tensors

    P.K. Zysset;A. Curnier

  • A review of morphology–elasticity relationships in human trabecular bone: theories and experiments

    Philippe K. Zysset

  • Conewise linear elastic materials

    Alain Curnier;Qi-Chang He;Philippe Zysset

  • A nonlinear QCT-based finite element model validation study for the human femur tested in two configurations in vitro

    E. Dall'Ara;B. Luisier;R. Schmidt;F. Kainberger

  • Validation of a voxel-based FE method for prediction of the uniaxial apparent modulus of human trabecular bone using macroscopic mechanical tests and nanoindentation.

    Yan Chevalier;Dieter Pahr;Helga Allmer;Mathieu Charlebois

  • QCT-based finite element models predict human vertebral strength in vitro significantly better than simulated DEXA.

    E. Dall’Ara;D. Pahr;P. Varga;F. Kainberger

  • Finite element analysis for prediction of bone strength

    Philippe K Zysset;Enrico Dall'Ara;Peter Varga;Dieter H Pahr

  • Increased bone resorption and impaired bone microarchitecture in short-term and extended high-fat diet–induced obesity

    Janina M. Patsch;Florian W. Kiefer;Peter Varga;Pamela Pail

  • In situ micropillar compression reveals superior strength and ductility but an absence of damage in lamellar bone

    Jakob Schwiedrzik;Rejin Raghavan;Alexander Bürki;Victor LeNader

  • Mechanical characterization of brushite and hydroxyapatite cements.

    Eric Charrière;S Terrazzoni;C Pittet;Philippe Mordasini

  • Bone volume fraction and fabric anisotropy are better determinants of trabecular bone stiffness than other morphological variables.

    Ghislain Bernard Maquer;Sarah N. Musy;Jasmin Wandel;Thomas Gross

  • Influence of boundary conditions on computed apparent elastic properties of cancellous bone

    Dieter H. Pahr;Philippe K. Zysset

  • Rebound-associated vertebral fractures after discontinuation of denosumab—from clinic and biomechanics

    Albrecht Popp;Philippe Zysset;Kurt Lippuner

  • Multi-axial mechanical properties of human trabecular bone

    Liliana Rincón-Kohli;Philippe K. Zysset

  • Importance of individual rods and plates in the assessment of bone quality and their contribution to bone stiffness

    Martin Stauber;Laurent Rapillard;G Harry van Lenthe;Philippe Zysset

Frequent Co-Authors

Johann Michler
Johann Michler Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Hans-Joachim Wilke
Hans-Joachim Wilke University of Ulm
Felix Eckstein
Felix Eckstein Paracelsus Medical University
Klaus Engelke
Klaus Engelke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Mohammad J. Mirzaali
Mohammad J. Mirzaali Delft University of Technology
Pascal Laugier
Pascal Laugier Sorbonne University
Steven A. Goldstein
Steven A. Goldstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guillaume Haiat
Guillaume Haiat Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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