Changing proximal femoral geometry in north east Scotland: an osteometric study
| Autor: | M F Bruce, J D Hutchison, R A Duthie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Bone density medicine.medical_treatment Population medicine Humans Femur education Reduction (orthopedic surgery) General Environmental Science Hip fracture education.field_of_study Sex Characteristics Anthropometry business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) General Engineering General Medicine Osteometry medicine.disease Surgery Radiological weapon Papers General Earth and Planetary Sciences business Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 316(7143) |
| ISSN: | 0959-8138 |
| Popis: | The Western world is currently facing an “epidemic” in fractures of the proximal femur.1 Although the unexplained increase in the age specific incidence seems to have reached a plateau, absolute numbers will continue to rise because of the increasing number of elderly people in the population. Age alone, which inevitably brings a reduction in bone density, does not explain this phenomenon fully. Recent radiological studies have suggested that the hip axis and length of the neck of the femur are increasing; these changes may increase the risk of hip fracture. 2 3 We tried to confirm these radiological findings with an osteometric study. The 120 dried femurs in the anatomy collection of the University of Aberdeen were obtained from a cross section of local people who had donated their … |
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