Influence of the upper femur and pelvic geometry on the risk and type of hip fractures

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1540-1546

  Partanen, Juha ^a   Jämsä, Timo ^a   Jalovaara, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical; Geometry; Hip fracture; Neck shaft angle; Trochanteric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0034923036     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.8.1540     Document Type: Article

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