Development of Subject-Specific Proximal Femur Finite Element Models Of Older Adults with Obesity to Evaluate the Effects of Weight Loss on Bone Strength

Schoell SL¹, Weaver AA^1*, Beavers DP², Leon Lenchik³, Marsh AP⁴, Rejeski WJ⁴, Stitzel JD¹ and Beavers KM⁴

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA

²Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA

³Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA

⁴Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Weaver AA, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA, Tel: (336) 716-0944 Email: