Subchondral insufficiency fractures and spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee may not be related to osteoporosis

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Nelson, Fred R ^a,b   Craig, Joseph ^a   Francois, Howard ^a   Azuh, Ogochukwu ^b   Oyetakin White, Patricia ^b   King, Brandon ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insufficiency fracture; Osteoarthritis; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FRACTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS KNEE OSTEONECROSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FRACTURES, STRESS; INJURIES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84919421860     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-014-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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