Bone strength of the proximal femur in healthy subjects with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

T DoiS HiraiM KanekoS OhashiK NakajimaF OguchiS KatoY TaniguchiY MatsubayashiN HayashiS TanakaYasushi Oshima

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)

Our results suggest that hyperostosis of the posterior longitudinal ligament in OPLL may not be associated with bone strength and bone mineral status at the extremities.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
soft tissue
postmenopausal women
bone loss
bone regeneration
body composition