Decrease in bone mineral density and muscle mass after femoral neck fracture: A quantitative computed tomography study in 25 patients

Changes in biochemical markers of bone metabolism and BMD during the first year after a hip fracture

“…The main loss was seen in the trabecular bone in the distal femur and proximal tibia measured with QCT. A signi cant loss of BMD in the unoperated hip was also measured with DXA (Table 2), similar to what others have found (Karlsson et al 1996, Neander et al 1997b), indicating general posttraumatic osteopenia.…”

Randomized, controlled, prospective clinical trial of autologous greater omentum free graft versus autogenous cancellous bone graft in radial and ulnar fractures in miniature breed dogs

“…Field of view included the olecranon to the phalanges. Bone densitometry (Hounsfield units) of the cortical and cancellous bone and cortical thickness of the radius, ulna, and radio‐intermediate carpal bone of the affected limb were determined as previously described for the central tarsal bone by using a region of interest tool with commercially available software, 4 mm proximal and distal to the bone plate and in the center of the radio‐intermediate carpal bone …”

Aseptic loosening, not only a question of wear: A review of different theories

“…From their findings, increasing patients' bone mass before joint implant surgery may be important. However, these findings may also be an effect of posttraumatic osteopenia (Adolphson et al 1994, Neander et al 1997, indicating that there is also a need to increase bone density already after surgery-in order to prevent progression of osteoporosis and to keep the patient's bone mineral level unaffected.…”

“…Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is also used, and is more precise than plain radiographs. Triple-energy radiograph absorptiometry (Adolphson et al 1994, Neander et al 1997, Swanpalmer et al 1998 was used by Regner et al (1999) in a knee study and may be better than DXA since it can be used to measure bone mineral in the presence of different amounts of homogenous and non-homogenous adipose tissues close to the measured bone. Stress shielding is diagnosed as less bone mineral adjacent to the implant.…”