The interindividual variation in femoral neck width is associated with the acquisition of predictable sets of morphological and tissue-quality traits and differential bone loss patterns

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1501-1510

  Epelboym, Yan ^a   Gendron, R Nicholas ^a   Mayer, Jillian ^a   Fusco, Joseph ^a   Nasser, Philip ^a   Gross, Gary ^b   Ghillani, Richard ^a   Jepsen, Karl J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Bone loss; Femur; Functional interactions; Path analysis; pQCT; Robustness; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84862489266     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1614     Document Type: Article

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