Femoral neck shaft angle width is associated with hip-fracture risk in males but not independently of femoral neck bone density

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1037, 2014, Pages

  Ripamonti, C ^a   Lisi, L ^a   Avella, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE LENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMORAL NECK DIAMETER; FEMORAL NECK SHAFT ANGLE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP AXIS LENGTH; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPINE FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84907487716     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: 1748880X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130358     Document Type: Article

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