Overview and recommendations for analytical and experimental methodologies for the fatigue fracture of human bones.

Human bones are susceptible to fatigue fracture under cyclic loading generated by repetitive activities which are a common health risk for the athlete and elderly populations. This work explores and summarizes the analytical and experimental methods used in current studies that investigate the fatigue fracture of human bones. Moreover, key parameters in those methods are identified that can be used for the development of standardized analytical and experimental methodologies for the investigation of fatigue fracture of human bones and ultimately lead to reliable prediction of their fatigue life.