The Factor-of-Risk Biomechanical Approach Predicts Hip Fracture In Men and Women: The Framingham Study

PURPOSE: Alternative methods of predicting hip fracture are needed since 50% of adults who fracture do not have osteoporosis by BMD measurements. One method, factor-of-risk (φ), computes the ratio of force on the hip in a fall, to femoral strength. We examined the relation between φ and hip fracture...

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Main Authors: Dufour, Alyssa B., Roberts, Benjamin, Broe, Kerry E., Kiel, Douglas P., Bouxsein, Mary L., Hannan, Marian T.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2011
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289518/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21344243
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1569-2
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