Stress distributions within the proximal femur during gait and falls: Implications for osteoporotic fracture

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 252-261

  Lotz, J C ^a   Cheal, E J ^a   Hayes, W C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; Finite element analysis; Gait; Hip fracture; OsteoporosisStress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CORTICAL BONE; DATA BASE; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; GAIT; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029116936     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01774015     Document Type: Article

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