BACKGROUND Least Significant Change (LSC) assists in determining whether observed bone change is beyond measurement precision. Monitoring Time Interval (MTI) estimates time required to reliably detect skeletal changes. MTIs have not been defined for bone outcomes provided by high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT). The purpose of this study was to determine the LSC...

Let T and S be two bounded linear operators from Banach spaces X into Y and suppose that T is Fredholm and dimN(T − λS) is constant in a neighborhood of λ = 0. Let d(T ;S) be the supremum of all r > 0 such that dimN(T − λS) and codim R(T − λS) are constant for all λ with |λ| < r. It is a consequence of more general results due to H. Bart and D.C. Lay (1980) that d(T ;S) = limn→∞ γn(T ;S) , wher...

BACKGROUND With an ever-increasing elderly population, orthopaedic surgeons are faced with treating a high number of fragility fractures. Biomechanical tests have demonstrated the potential role of osteoporosis in the increased risk of fracture fixation complications, yet this has not been sufficiently proven in clinical practice. Based on this knowledge, two clinical studies were designed to i...

This cross-sectional study of adult female athletes assessed whether the apparent loading-related differences in bone structure are primarily associated with the loading type or the muscle performance-related joint moments. Several structural variables at shaft sites of the tibia, radius and humerus, and distal sites of the tibia and radius were measured with peripheral quantitative computed to...

Let T and S be two bounded linear operators from Banach spaces X into Y and suppose that T is Fredholm and the stability number k(T ;S) is 0. Let d(T ;S) be the supremum of all r > 0 such that dimN(T − λS) and codim R(T − λS) are constant for all λ with |λ| < r. It was proved in 1980 by H. Bart and D.C. Lay that d(T ;S) = limn→∞ γn(T ;S) , where γn(T ;S) are some non-negative (extended) real nu...

Objective- To determine the effect of selected bone graft on the compression properties of radialbone in rabbit.Design- Experimental in vivo study.Animals- A total of 45 adult male New Zealand white rabbits.Procedures- The rabbits were anesthetized and a one-cm-full thickness piece of radial bone wasremoved using oscillating saw in the all rabbit. The rabbits were divided into 5 groups on theba...