Age- and gender-related differences in cortical geometry and microstructure: Improved sensitivity by regional analysis

Bone

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 623-631

  Kazakia, Galateia J ^a   Nirody, Jasmine A ^a   Bernstein, Gregory ^a,b   Sode, Miki ^a,c   Burghardt, Andrew J ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cortical bone structure; Gender; HR pQCT; Porosity; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; RADIUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875028153     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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