title: [Bone quantity and quality to its mechanical integrity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mawatari
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamai
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shuto
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Yukihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: Kosaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans