[Bone quality: from theory to reality].
Bone quality is an essential element of bone strength. Bone quality refers not only to bone architecture but also to its material properties which are directly dependent on bone remodeling (i.e., turnover). Therefore, maintaining bone architecture but also bone turnover is critical for optimal bone quality and for providing the ability of bone to resist fractures.
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Service de Rhumatologie, GIGA, CHU Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège. nfranchimont@ulg.ac.be
D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D006801:Humans; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000503:physiopathology; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000503:physiopathology