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Progression of osteoporosis in cancellous bone depending on trabecular structure

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Progression of osteoporosis is caused by a decline in bone formation activity relative to the resorption activity. In this paper, the authors carried out a theoretical analysis of the progression of osteoporosis to estimate the osteoporotic change in the upper end of the femur. According to this analysis, the progression rate of osteoporosis in cancellous bone depends on the product of remodeling activity,R act, and the trabecular structure parameter,K tr. To confirm that the theoretical results were reasonably comparable to actual osteoporotic change, these two factors were measured in rabbits. From the results, it was concluded that the highest progression rate was shown in bar/barlike trabecular structure (type 3); the next highest rate, was shown in plate/bar-like structure (type 2); and the plate/plate-like structure (type 1) was the most insensible. Furthermore, the bone volume fractions of cancellous bone were measured at the upper end of human femurs with and without osteoporosis. Then the measured value was compared with the theoretical value for each type of trabecular structure. Results showed that the decrease in bone volume fraction predicted by Eq. 7 was well in accord with the actual decrease.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, 228, Kanagawa, Sagamihara, Japan

    A. Ebihara & M. Itoman

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, 275, Narashino, Chiba, Japan

    T. Sasada

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, 228, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

    M. Morita

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Morita, M., Ebihara, A., Itoman, M. et al. Progression of osteoporosis in cancellous bone depending on trabecular structure. Ann Biomed Eng 22, 532–539 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02367089

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