Use of DXA-based structural engineering models of the proximal femur to discriminate hip fracture

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Yang, Lang ^a   Peel, Nicola ^b   Clowes, Jackie A ^c   McCloskey, Eugene V ^a   Eastell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; DXA; Hip fracture prediction; Osteoporosis; Structural engineering model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE STRESS; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149095144     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.080906     Document Type: Article

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