Prediction of the strength of the elderly proximal femur by bone mineral density and quantitative ultrasound measurements of the heel and tibia

Bone

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Bouxsein, M L ^a   Coan, B S ^a   Lee, S C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Femoral strength; Heel; Hip fracture; Quantitative ultrasound; Tibia; Tibia SOS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEEL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 0033040415     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(99)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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