Male–female differences in the association between incident hip fracture and proximal femoral strength: A finite element analysis study

• Published in: Bone (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 1239 - 1245
• Main Authors: Keyak, J.H., Sigurdsson, S., Karlsdottir, G., Oskarsdottir, D., Sigmarsdottir, A., Zhao, S., Kornak, J., Harris, T.B., Sigurdsson, G., Jonsson, B.Y., Siggeirsdottir, K., Eiriksdottir, G., Gudnason, V., Lang, T.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.06.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Density; Bone strength; Case-Control Studies; Clinical Medicine; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Femur; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Femur - physiopathology; Finite Element Analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hip fracture; Hip Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Hip Fractures - physiopathology; Humans; Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Orthopaedics; Orthopedics; Ortopedi; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis. Osteomalacia. Paget disease; Quantitative computed tomography; Sex Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Osteoporosis; F Fall; Hip fracture; Femur; Quantitative computed tomography; F Stance; Finite element analysis; Bone strength; FE; finite element analysis-computed proximal femoral strength for loading representing a fall onto the posterolateral aspect of the greater trochanter; finite element analysis-computed proximal femoral strength for loading similar to that during single-limb stance; finite element; Proximal; Radiodiagnosis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Male; Fracture; Epidemiology; Trauma; Hip; Incidence; Morphology; Medical imagery; Female; Computerized axial tomography; Bone; Strength; Quantitative analysis; Finite element

Hip fracture risk is usually evaluated using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or quantitative computed tomography (QCT) which provide surrogate measures for proximal femoral strength. However, proximal femoral strength can best be estimated explicitly by combining QCT with finite element (FE)...