Comparison of femoral geometry among cases with and without hip fractures

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 901-907

  Calis, Havva Talay ^a   Eryavuz, Merih ^b   Calis, Mustafa ^c  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Femoral geometry; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 9144226921     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.5.901     Document Type: Article

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