The biomechanical basis of vertebral body fragility in men and women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2276-2283

  Duan, Yunbo ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a   Turner, Charles H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone density; Bone size; Strength; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0035192279     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.12.2276     Document Type: Article

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