Variability of trabecular microstructure is age-, gender-, race- and anatomic site-dependent and affects stiffness and stress distribution properties of human vertebral cancellous bone

Bone

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 886-894

  Yeni, Yener N ^a   Zinno, Matthew J ^a   Yerramshetty, Janardhan S ^a   Zauel, Roger ^a   Fyhrie, David P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Gender; Microstructural heterogeneity; Race; Stress Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STIFFNESS; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80052278377     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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