Mechanical contributions of the cortical and trabecular compartments contribute to differences in age-related changes in vertebral body strength in men and women assessed by QCT-based finite element analysis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 974-983

  Christiansen, Blaine A ^a,b   Kopperdahl, David L ^c   Kiel, Douglas P ^d   Keaveny, Tony M ^c,e   Bouxsein, Mary L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ON Diagnostics   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE LOSS; BONE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL STRENGTH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955602999     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.287     Document Type: Article

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