Bone strength at clinically relevant sites displays substantial heterogeneity and is best predicted from site-specific bone densitometry

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 162-171

  Eckstein, Felix ^a   Lochmüller, Eva Maria ^a   Lill, Christoph A ^b   Kuhn, Volker ^a   Schneider, Erich ^b   Delling, Günter ^c   Müller, Ralph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Femur; Mechanical failure; Radius; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; SOFT TISSUE; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036133362     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2002.17.1.162     Document Type: Article

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