Biomechanical Indices of the Femoral Neck Estimated From the Standard DXA Output: Age- and Sex-Related Differences

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-45

  Riancho, José A ^a   Valero, Carmen ^a   Hernandez, José L ^a   Olmos, José M ^a   Paule, Blanca ^a   Zarrabeitia, Ana ^a   Gonzalez Macias, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; bone strength; DXA; geometry; hip fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846672422     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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