Shape, Structural Properties, and Cortical Stability Along the Femoral Neck: A Study Using Clinical QCT

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-382

  Yang, Lang ^a   Maric, Ivana ^b   McCloskey, Eugene V ^a   Eastell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; bone QCT; femoral neck; hip fracture; hip structure analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50849135466     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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