Assessment of Femoral Neck Strength by 3-Dimensional X-ray Absorptiometry

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-430

  Le Bras, Anthony ^a   Kolta, Sami ^b   Soubrane, Philippe ^c   Skalli, Wafa ^a   Roux, Christian ^b   Mitton, David ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉCANIQUE   (France)

^b Université René Descartes ^*  (France)

^c Service d'Orthopédie   (France)

Author keywords

3D XA; bone densitometry; DXA; failure strength; geometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; X RAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750619263     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Melton III L.J. Hip fractures: a worldwide problem today and tomorrow. Bone 14 Suppl 1 (1993) S1-S8
2. Boettcher W.G. Total hip arthroplasties in the elderly. Morbidity, mortality, and cost effectiveness. Clin Orthop 274 (1992) 30-34
3. Cummings S.R., and Melton L.J. Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures. Lancet 359 (2002) 1761-1767
4. Millar W.J., and Hill G.B. Hip fractures: mortality, morbidity and surgical treatment. Health Rep 6 (1994) 323-337
5. Cheng X.G., Lowet G., Boonen S., et al. Assessment of the strength of proximal femur in vitro: relationship to femoral bone mineral density and femoral geometry. Bone 20 (1997) 213-218
6. Kukla C., Gaebler C., Pichl R.W., Prokesch R., Heinze G., and Heinz T. Predictive geometric factors in a standardized model of femoral neck fracture. Experimental study of cadaveric human femurs. Injury 33 (2002) 427-433
7. Faulkner K.G., Cummings S.R., Black D., Palermo L., Gluer C.C., and Genant H.K. Simple measurement of femoral geometry predicts hip fracture: the study of osteoporotic fractures. J Bone Miner Res 8 (1993) 1211-1217
8. Gluer C.C., Cummings S.R., Pressman A., et al. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Prediction of hip fractures from pelvic radiographs: the study of osteoporotic fractures. J Bone Miner Res 9 (1994) 671-677
9. Laporte S., Skalli W., De Guise J.A., Lavaste F., and Mitton D. A biplanar reconstruction method based on 2d and 3d contours: application to the distal femur. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 6 (2003) 1-6
10. Le Bras A., Laporte S., Bousson V., et al. 3D reconstruction of the proximal femur with low-dose digital stereoradiography. Comput Aided Surg 9 (2004) 51-57
11. Kolta S., Le Bras A., Mitton D., et al. Three-dimensional X-ray absorptiometry (3D-XA): a method for reconstruction of human bones using a dual X-ray absorptiometry device. Osteoporos Int 16 (2005) 969-976
12. Cody D.D., Hou F.J., Divine G.W., and Fyhrie D.P. Femoral structure and stiffness in patients with femoral neck fracture. J Orthop Res 18 (2000) 443-448
13. Smith M.D., Cody D.D., Goldstein S.A., Cooperman A.M., Matthews L.S., and Flynn M.J. Proximal femoral bone density and its correlation to fracture load and hip-screw penetration load. Clin Orthop 283 (1992) 244-251
14. Müller M, Nazarian S, Koch P, Schatzker J. 1990 The comprehensive classification of fractures of long bones. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1990.
15. Cheng X.G., Nicholson P.H., Boonen S., et al. Effects of anteversion on femoral bone mineral density and geometry measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry: a cadaver study. Bone 21 (1997) 113-117
16. Michelotti J., and Clark J. Femoral neck length and hip fracture risk. J Bone Miner Res 14 (1999) 1714-1720
17. Kim J.S., Choi K.W., and Kim S.I. Femoral anteversion: estimation by 3D modelling. Medinfo 9 Pt 2 (1998) 1025-1029
18. Kim J.S., Park T.S., Park S.B., Kim I.Y., and Kim S.I. Measurement of femoral neck anteversion in 3D. Part 2: 3D modelling method. Med Biol Eng Comput 38 (2000) 610-616
19. Kaufer H., Matthews L.S., and Sonstegard D. Stable fixation of intertrochanteric fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am 56 (1974) 899-907
20. Lang T.F., Keyak J.H., Heitz M.W., et al. Volumetric quantitative computed tomography of the proximal femur: precision and relation to bone strength. Bone 21 (1997) 101-108
21. Cody D.D., Gross G.J., Hou F.J., Spencer H.J., Goldstein S.A., and Fyhrie D.P. Femoral strength is better predicted by finite element models than QCT and DXA. J Biomech 32 (1999) 1013-1020
22. Beck T.J., Ruff C.B., Warden K.E., Scott Jr. W.W., and Rao G.U. Predicting femoral neck strength from bone mineral data: a structural approach. Invest Radiol 25 (1990) 6-18
23. Lochmuller E.M., Zeller J.B., Kaiser D., et al. Correlation of femoral and lumbar DXA and calcaneal ultrasound, measured in situ with intact soft tissues, with the in vitro failure loads of the proximal femur. Osteoporos Int 8 (1998) 591-598
24. Bonnaire F.A., Buitrago-Tellez C., Schmal H., Gotze B., and Weber A.T. Correlation of bone density and geometric parameters to the mechanical strength of the femoral neck. Injury 33 Suppl 3 (2002) C47-C53