Contribution of trabecular and cortical components to biomechanical behavior of human vertebrae: An ex vivo study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-361

  Roux, Jean Paul ^a   Wegrzyn, Julien ^a,b   Arlot, Monique E ^a   Guyen, Olivier ^b   Delmas, Pierre D ^a   Chapurlat, Roland ^a   Bouxsein, Mary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone biomechanics; Bone CT; Cortical shell; Osteoporosis; Trabecular bone microarchitecture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY; CELL CULTURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE DENSITY; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953414974     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090803     Document Type: Article

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