More than half of all women and about one third of men will experience osteoporotic
fractures during their lives. Although no symptoms occur prior to fracture, bone mineral …

The aim of this 1-year prospective study of acute stroke patients was to determine the effects
of walking and asymmetrical weight bearing on the loss of bone mineral in the upper and …

This second edition of the Bone Mechanics Handbook summarizes the current
understanding of bone mechanics with comprehensive coverage of the histology …

Gender differences in fractures may be related to body size, bone size, geometry, or density.
We studied this in 18‐year‐old males (n= 36) and females (n= 36) matched for height and …

Background Hip fracture risk rises 100 to 1000-fold over 60 years of ageing. Loss of
resistance to bending is not a major feature of normal ageing of the femoral neck. Another …

The role of bone tissue's geometric distribution in hip fracture risk requires full evaluation in
large population‐based datasets. We tested whether section modulus, a geometric index of …

We have developed a three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) scanning and image
analysis method for measurement of trabecular and integral bone mineral density (BMD) …

Scanning small-angle X-ray scattering (scanning SAXS) was applied for the first time on
bone to compare results from SAXS directly with those from other position-sensitive …

Results of recent imaging studies and theoretical models suggest that the superior femoral
neck is a location of local weakness due to an age-related thinning of the cortex, and thus …

The structural basis for sex differences in femoral neck (FN) fragility was studied in 1196
subjects and 307 patients with hip fracture. The absolute and relative patterns of modeling …