A new value of proximal femur geometry to evaluate hip fracture risk: True moment arm

HIP International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Ulusoy, Hasan ^a   Bilgici, A ^b   Kuru, O ^b   Sarica, N ^a   Arslan, S ^a   Erkorkmaz, U ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Femoral geometry; Hip fracture; True moment arm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 47249116227     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2008.4212     Document Type: Article

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