The fracture risk of adjacent vertebrae is increased by the changed loading direction after a wedge fracture

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Aquarius, René ^a   Homminga, Jasper ^b   Verdonschot, Nico ^a,b   Tanck, Esther ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adjacent fractures; off axis loading; osteoporosis; vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VERTEBROPLASTY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79952923900     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f0f726     Document Type: Article

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