Abnormal microarchitecture and reduced stiffness at the radius and tibia in postmenopausal women with fractures

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2572-2581

  Stein, Emily M ^a   Liu, X Sherry ^a   Nickolas, Thomas L ^a   Cohen, Adi ^a   Thomas, Valerie ^a   McMahon, Donald J ^a   Zhang, Chiyuan ^a   Yin, Perry T ^c   Cosman, Felicia ^a,b   Nieves, Jeri ^b   Guo, X Edward ^c   Shane, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Microarchitecture; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 78649625265     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.152     Document Type: Article

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