Structural trends in the aging proximal femur in Japanese postmenopausal women

Bone

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Takada, Junichi ^a,b   Beck, Thomas J ^c   Iba, Kousuke ^b   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^b  

^a Chitose City Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age trends; Cross sectional geometry; Hip structural analysis; Japanese; Proximal femur; Section modulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; HIP; HIP STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249986341     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.04.178     Document Type: Article

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