The fragile elderly hip: Mechanisms associated with age-related loss of strength and toughness

Bone

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-148

  Reeve, Jonathan ^a   Loveridge, Nigel ^b,c  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cortical thinning; Hip fracture; Osteocyte; Osteoporosis; Toughness

Indexed keywords

AGEING; CORTICAL THINNING; HIP FRACTURE; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOUGHNESS;

AGED; AGING; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS;

EID: 84893526298     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.12.034     Document Type: Review

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