Research Article

Assessment of Hip Fracture Risk Using Cross-Section Strain Energy Determined by QCT-Based Finite Element Modeling

Table 5

Average maximum von Mises strain at the smallest femoral neck cross-section (SFN CS), the intertrochanteric cross-section (IntT CS), and the subtrochanteric cross-section (SubT CS) of right and left femurs of 10 clinical cases during the single-leg stance.

RangeAverage

Right femurs
 SFN CS
 IntT CS
Maximum von Mises strain SubT CS
Left femurs
 SFN CS
 IntT CS
 SubT CS