Biomechanics of vertebral fractures and the vertebral fracture cascade

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-204

  Christiansen, Blaine A ^a   Bouxsein, Mary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Kyphosis; Spinal curvature; Spinal loading; Vertebral fracture; Vertebral strength

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CORTICAL BONE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 77958100708     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-010-0031-2     Document Type: Review

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