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A multiscale model to predict current absolute risk of femoral fracture in a postmenopausal population

Osteoporotic hip fractures are a major healthcare problem. Fall severity and bone strength are important risk factors of hip fracture. This study aims to obtain a mechanistic explanation for fracture risk in dependence of these risk factors. A novel modelling approach is developed that combines mode...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Pinaki, Altai, Zainab, Qasim, Muhammad, Viceconti, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30276488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10237-018-1081-0