Age- and sex-related regional compressive strength characteristics of human lumbar vertebrae in osteoporosis

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 105-121

  Kurutz, Márta ^a   Donáth, Judit ^b   Gálos, Miklós ^a   Varga, Péter ^a   Fornet, Béla ^c  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b National Institute for Reumatology   (Hungary)

^c Josa Andras County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Age and sex dependence; Energy absorption capacity; Human lumbar vertebral body; Load; Osteoporosis; Regional compressive strength; Strain; Stress; Young s modulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE TISSUE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY BONE DENSITOMETER; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84889577296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S4103     Document Type: Article

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