Sportverletzung Sportschaden : Organ der Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin
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Sportverletz Sportschaden · Jun 1996
[Densitometric studies of the tensile strength of the proximal femur].
The prognostic assessment of the fracture resistance of the proximal femur is of great importance to the age related increasing incidence of femur neck fractures. This is particularly important in sport for the elderly. The statistical relationship between the osteodensitometrically determined bone density and the risk of a femur neck fracture has been shown in epidemiological studies, whereby the determination of bone density at the proximal femur has provided the most precise predictive results. ⋯ Quite different forces with considerably greater amplitudes can occur in falls. These may also be absorbed by different structures such as muscle tissue, and, therefore not act directly upon the femur neck. Despite these limitations the determination of bone density appears to permit the individual estimation of fracture risk of the femur neck.