Trabecular architecture and vertebral fragility in osteoporosis

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-140

  Fields, Aaron J ^a   Keaveny, Tony M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone fragility; Osteoporosis; Trabecular bone architecture; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; DENOSUMAB; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RISEDRONIC ACID; STRONTIUM RANELATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ARCHITECTURE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL FRAGILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE;

EID: 84865702966     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-012-0097-0     Document Type: Article

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