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The heterogeneity in femoral neck structure and strength

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Authors

Kersh, Mariana E

Pandy, Marcus G

Bui, Quang

Jones, Anthony

Arns, Christoph

Knackstedt, Mark

Seeman, Ego

Zebaze, Roger M D

Publisher

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Abstract

Most measures of femoral neck strength derived using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry or computed tomography (CT) assume the femoral neck is a cylinder with a single cortical thickness. We hypothesized that these simplifications introduce errors in estima

Keywords

Keywords: adult; aged; article; bone fragility; bone strength; bone stress; cadaver; computer assisted tomography; cortical bone; dual energy X ray absorptiometry; femur neck; hip; human; human tissue; tissue slice; Biomechanics; Femur Neck; Finite Element Analysis Bone Fragility; Bone Stress; Computed Tomography; Cortical Thickness; Femoral Neck Fracture; Mean Cortical Thickness; Median Cortical Thickness

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72575

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1002/jbmr.1827

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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