ウォルフの法則

英

Wolff law Wolff's law

• 骨に荷重ストレスが懸かると、これに拮抗できるよう骨の微小構造が改築、改変されるという法則。

(参考1)

"In the 19th century, surgeon Julius Wolff proposed that mechanical stress was responsible for determining the architecture of bone...." (Forwood & Turner, 1995, p. 197). (資料2)

"Remodeling of bone ... occurs in response to physical stresses - or to the lack of them - in that bone is deposited in sites subjected to stress and is resorbed from sites where there is little stress" (Salter, 1970, p.7). (資料2)

参考

• 1.

<click2in>http://www.teambone.com/wolff.html</click2in>

• 2.

<click2in>http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/pk/physiol/wolfslaw.htm</click2in>

• 3.

<click2in>http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Wolf's+law</click2in>