Quantitative ultrasound of cortical bone in the femoral neck predicts femur strength: Results of a pilot study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 302-312

  Grimal, Quentin ^a,b   Grondin, Julien ^a,b   Guérard, Sandra ^c   Barkmann, Reinhard ^d   Engelke, Klaus ^e   Glüer, Claus C ^d   Laugier, Pascal ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortical bone; femur; QCT; Quantitative ultrasound; strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84872480080     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1742     Document Type: Article

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