Reproducibility and side differences of mechanical tests for determining the structural strength of the proximal femur

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,b   Wunderer, Caecilia ^a   Boehm, Holger ^c,d   Kuhn, Volker ^a   Priemel, Mathias ^e   Link, Thomas M ^c   Lochmüller, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone mechanics; Bone strength; Femur; Mechanics; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LOADING TEST; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIDE IMPACT TEST; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 2942754339     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.0301247     Document Type: Article

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