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

<table class="table-group" id="tab9"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td align="center">FRI</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Smallest femoral neck cross-section </td><td align="center">Intertrochanteric cross-section</td><td align="center">Subtrochanteric cross-section</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Range</td><td align="center">0.1725–3.0448</td><td align="center">0.1226–1.534</td><td align="center">0.0004–0.0812</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Average</td><td align="center">0.6944</td><td align="center">0.5245</td><td align="center">0.0091</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Average FRI at the three critical cross-sections of 60 right femurs during the sideways fall.

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Table 9: Assessment of Hip Fracture Risk Using Cross-Section Strain Energy Determined by QCT-Based Finite Element Modeling 