Factors associated with proximal femur fracture determined in a large cadaveric cohort

Many researchers have used cadaveric fracture tests to determine the relationship between proximal femur (hip) fracture strength and a multitude of possible explanatory variables, typically considered one or two at a time. These variables include subject-specific proximal femur variables such as femoral neck areal bone mineral density (aBMD), sex, age, and geometry, as well as physiological hip fracture event variables such as fall speed and angle of impact. However, to our knowledge, no study has included all of these variables simultaneously in the same experimental dataset.

Source: Bone - August 7, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Dan Dragomir-Daescu, Tim Rossman, Asghar Rezaei, Kent D. Carlson, David Kallmes, John Skinner, Sundeep Khosla, Shreyasee Amin Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research