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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of architectural differences on the strength of cancellous bone of the vertebral body have not been clarified. This study was aimed at determining the influence of trabecular domain factor (TDF), a new histomorphometric parameter, on the maximum compressive strength (MCS) in vertebral cancellous bone. TDF is a variation coefficient representing the ratio dispersion of the area of each trabecula (Sd) to the area of its domain (D). A Voronoi diagram was used to determine trabecular domains. The materials comprised 35 lumbar vertebral bodies obtained at autopsy from 35 subjects aged 25-83 years. A mechanical test sample (12 x 12 x 16 mm) was cut out from each right half, and two large, undecalcified, horizontal sections from each left half. The fields (144 mm2 x 2) for image analyses were symmetrical with those for mechanical test samples in the other half of the same vertebral body. Bone volume (BV/TV), Sd, and D were semiautomatically measured. BV/TV correlated negatively with TDF (r = -0.73). Multiple regression analysis revealed the contributions of BV/TV (partial r = 0.75, p < 0.001) and TDF (partial r = -0.42, p < 0.02) to MCS. The model with BV/TV and TDF predicted MCS, 1.50 +0.15 BV/TV -0.03 TDF, more accurately (R2 = 0.83) than that with BV/TV alone (r2 = 0.79). We conclude that the bone volume primarily contributes to the MCS of vertebral cancellous bones but that the influence of TDF on the fragility becomes increasingly important as the bone volume decreases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0171-967X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Trabecular domain factor and its influence on the strength of cancellous bone of the vertebral body.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article