New QCT analysis approach shows the importance of fall orientation on femoral neck strength

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1533-1542

  Carpenter, R Dana ^a,b   Beaupré, Gary S ^a,b   Lang, Thomas F ^c   Orwoll, Eric S ^d   Carter, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone geometry; Bone QCT; Osteoporosis; Stress strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORIENTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUMETRY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RISK; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 24144465846     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.050510     Document Type: Article

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