Biomechanical tests for the evaluation of osteodensitometric techniques. Background, review and recent findings;Biomechanische tests in der evaluation osteodensitometrischer verfahren: Hintergrund, übersicht und aktuelle befunde

Osteologie

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 154-177

  Lochmuller E M ^a   Eckstein, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Densitometry; Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; COMPRESSION; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036758922     PISSN: 10191291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1019-1291.11.3.154     Document Type: Article

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