Bone material strength index as measured by in vivo impact microindentation is normal in subjects with high-energy trauma fractures.
Manuela SchoebElizabeth M WinterF MalgoI B SchipperR J P van der WalS E PapapoulosNatasha M Appelman-DijkstraPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2022)
Our data demonstrate that BMSi and LS-aBMD, but not FN-aBMD, are significantly higher in high-energy trauma patients compared to matched controls with similar fractures from low-energy trauma. Further studies of non-osteoporotic patients with high-energy trauma fracture with measurements of BMSi are warranted to determine whether IMI might help in identifying those with reduced bone strength.