A three-dimensional microcomputed tomographic study of site-specific variation in trabecular microarchitecture in the human second metacarpal

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 698-705

  Lazenby, Richard A ^a   Angus, Sarah ^a   Cooper, David M L ^b   Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraint; Functional adaptation; Site specific variation; Three dimensional trabecular microarchitecture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249084633     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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