[Bone quantity and quality to its mechanical integrity].
Bone strength is made up of quantity (mass, mineralization), geometry (anatomy, micro architecture, collagen structure), and turnover/damage accumulation. While most of the mechanical behavior can be explained by measures of porosity, several additional descriptors of the geometry have been proposed for better predictions of fracture risk. This review introduces various aspects of these relationships between bone quantity and quality to its mechanical integrity.
Mawatari
Taro
T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.
Miura
Hiromasa
H
Kawano
Tsutomu
T
Hamai
Satoshi
S
Tsukamoto
Nobuaki
N
Shuto
Toshihide
T
Nakashima
Yasuharu
Y
Iwamoto
Yukihide
Y
Higaki
Hidehiko
H
Kurata
Kosaku
K
Sakai
Shuji
S
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans