The associations between QCT-based vertebral bone measurements and prevalent vertebral fractures depend on the spinal locations of both bone measurement and fracture

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 559-566

  Anderson, D E ^a,b   Demissie, S ^c   Allaire, B T ^a   Bruno, A G ^a,d   Kopperdahl, D L ^e   Keaveny, T M ^e,f   Kiel, D P ^b,g   Bouxsein, M L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ON Diagnostics   (United States)

^f University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^g Hebrew Seniorlife's Res Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone strength; Finite element analysis; Fracture prediction; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL BONE MEASUREMENT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; INJURIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899073598     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2452-0     Document Type: Article

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