The heterogeneity in femoral neck structure and strength

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1022-1028

  Kersh, Mariana E ^a   Pandy, Marcus G ^a   Bui, Quang M ^a   Jones, Anthony C ^b   Arns, Christoph H ^b   Knackstedt, Mark A ^b   Seeman, Ego ^a   Zebaze, Roger M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone Fragility; Bone Stress; Computed Tomography; Cortical Thickness; Femoral Neck Fracture; Mean Cortical Thickness; Median Cortical Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TISSUE SLICE;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84876736979     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1827     Document Type: Article

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