Evaluation of bone strength using finite-element analysis in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 1399 - 1407
• Main Authors: Doi, Toru, Ohashi, Satoru, Ohtomo, Nozomu, Tozawa, Keiichiro, Nakarai, Hiroyuki, Yoshida, Yuichi, Ito, Yusuke, Sakamoto, Ryuji, Nakajima, Koji, Nagata, Kosei, Okamoto, Naoki, Nakamoto, Hideki, Kato, So, Taniguchi, Yuki, Matsubayashi, Yoshitaka, Tanaka, Sakae, Oshima, Yasushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Bone mineral density; Bone strength; Bone turnover marker; Calcium; Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; Hyperostosis; inorganic phosphate; Myelopathy; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Quantitative computed tomography-based finite element analysis; Bone turnover marker; Myelopathy; Calcium; Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; Bone mineral density; inorganic phosphate; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Quantitative computed tomography-based finite element analysis; Hyperostosis; Bone strength

•Patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) were reported to have high bone mineral density (BMD).•The bone strength in symptomatic patients with OPLL remains unknown.•We compared the BMD and predicted bone strength (PBS) between non-OPLL and OPLL patients.•OPLL patient...