HR-pQCT based FE analysis of the most distal radius section provides an improved prediction of Colles' fracture load in vitro

Bone

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 982-988

  Varga, Peter ^a   Pahr, Dieter H ^a   Baumbach, Sebastian ^b   Zysset, Philippe K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colles' fracture; Distal radius; Finite element method; HR pQCT; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COLLES FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HIGH RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; RADIUS; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COLLES' FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957752217     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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