Failure strength of human vertebrae: Prediction using bone mineral density measured by DXA and bone volume by micro-CT

Bone

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1416-1425

  Perilli, Egon ^a,b   Briggs, Andrew M ^c,d   Kantor, Susan ^d   Codrington, John ^a,b   Wark, John D ^d   Parkinson, Ian H ^a,b   Fazzalari, Nicola L ^a,b  

^a HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Densitometry; DXA; Mechanical strength; Micro CT; Osteoporosis; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE VOLUME; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860835368     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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