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P.R. Townsend

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Publications

6

Citations

579

H-Index

6

Active since

1970

Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

Harvard University

Institut Necker Enfants Malades

Boston Children's Hospital

P.R. Townsend is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, biomechanics, and mechanobiology.

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EngineeringBiomechanicsMechanobiologyMedicineKinesiologyOrthopedicsAnatomyOsteoporosisWound HealingChondrogenesis

Publications per year

1970–1977

6

Publications

6

Buckling studies of single human trabeculae

P.R. Townsend, R. M. Rose, E.L. Radin · Journal of Biomechanics · 1975 · 189 citations

Mechanobiology, Axial Skeleton, Kinesiology +6

Crack Healing in Glass

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, P.R. Townsend · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1970 · 141 citations

Materials Science, Glass-ceramic, Mechanical Shock +13

The distribution and anisotropy of the stiffness of cancellous bone in the human patella

P.R. Townsend, P Raux, Robert M. Rose et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 1975 · 111 citations

Mechanobiology, Bone Imaging, Kinesiology +9

Trabecular architecture of the human patella

P Raux, P.R. Townsend, R. E. Miegel et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 1975 · 76 citations

Mechanobiology, Engineering, Trabecular Architecture +6

The biomechanics of the human patella and its implications for chondromalacia

P.R. Townsend, Robert M. Rose, E.L. Radin et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 1977 · 45 citations

Mechanobiology, Kinesiology, Engineering +10

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