Changing structure of the femoral neck across the adult female lifespan

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-491

  Poole, Kenneth E S ^a   Mayhew, Paul M ^a   Rose, Collette M ^d   Brown, J Keenan ^b   Bearcroft, Philip J ^c   Loveridge, Nigel ^a   Reeve, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mindways Software Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Computed tomography; Cortical bone; Hip fractures; Proximal femur

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESPAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; RISK; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953402854     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090734     Document Type: Article

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