Table 3.

Biophysical properties of bone

System: Musculoskeletal/connective tissue
Tissue: Bone
	Mild osteogenesis imperfecta (Albert et al. 2000)	Severe osteogenesis imperfecta (Albert et al. 2000)	Bovine Femur (Albert et al. 2000)	Femur 35‐year‐old male (2004)	Femur 5‐year‐old male (2004)	Femur 3‐year‐old male (2004)
Young's modulus, MPa	4500	5100	16 100	16 700	12 800	7000
Flexural strength, MPa	94	74	251	–	–	–
Yield Strength/stress, MPa	65	57	180	122.3	76.9	98.0
Yield strain	0.0166	0.0143	0.0136	0.00723	0.0102	0.0088
Post yield strain	–	–	–	0.02202	0.0431	0.03427
Post yield stress, MPa	–	–	–	43.4	46.4	46.8
Ultimate tensile strength, MPa	–	–	–	165.7	123.3	144.8

MJ: megajoule; MPa: megapascal.