Bone mineral density correlates with fracture load in experimental side impacts of the pelvis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-227

  Beason, David P ^a   Dakin, Greg J ^a   Lopez, Robert R ^b   Alonso, Jorge E ^c   Bandak, Faris A ^d   Eberhardt, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^d VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fracture; Injury biomechanics; Pelvis; Side impact

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE; LOADS (FORCES);

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD);

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037302914     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00330-5     Document Type: Article

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