Mechanical strength of the thoracolumbar spine in the elderly: Prediction from in situ dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, quantitative computed tomography (QCT), upper and lower limb peripheral QCT, and quantitative ultrasound

Bone

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-84

  Lochmuller E M ^a   Burklein D ^a,b   Kuhn, V ^a,b   Glaser, C ^c   Muller R ^d   Gluer C C ^e   Eckstein, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Anatomy   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Densitometry; Mechanical strength; Spine; Ultrasound; Vertebral failure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIUS; SOFT TISSUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036313457     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(02)00792-5     Document Type: Article

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