Pioletti DP 2010 Biomechanics may be considered as central in the development of bone tissue engineering. The initial mechanical aspects are essential to the outcome of a functional tissue engineering approach; so are aspects of interface micromotion, bone ingrowths inside the scaffold and finally, the mechanical integrity of the scaffold during its degradation. A proposed view is presented herein on how biomechanical aspects can be synthesised and where future developments are needed. In particular, a distinction is made between the mechanical and the mechanotransductional aspects of bone tissue engineering: the former could be related to osteoconduction, while the latter may be correlated to the osteoinductive properties of the scaffold. This distinction allows biomechanicians to follow a strategy in the development of a scaffold having not only mechanical targets but also incorporating some mechanotransduction principles. application/pdf https://sonar.ch/global/documents/176817 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/10255841003630660 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/20467959 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. - 2010 Biomechanical Phenomena Bone and Bones Humans Models, Biological Tissue Engineering Biomechanics in bone tissue engineering. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501