Osteoporosis and anterior femoral notching in periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fractures a biomechanical analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-121

  Shawen, Scott B ^a   Belmont, Philip J ^a   Klemme, William R ^a   Xenos, John S ^a   Orchowski, Joseph R ^a   Topoleski, L D Timmie ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIODENSITOMETRY; TORSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037268328     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200301000-00018     Document Type: Article

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