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Korpinen N. Differences in vertebral bone density between African apes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2024; 184:e24937. [PMID: 38644542 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Low-energy vertebral fractures are a common health concern, especially in elderly people. Interestingly, African apes do not seem to experience as many vertebral fractures and the low-energy ones are even rarer. One potential explanation for this difference is the lower bone density in humans. Yet, only limited research has been done on the vertebral bone density of the great apes and these have mainly included only single vertebrae. Hence the study aim is to expand our understanding of the vertebral microstructure of African apes in multiple spinal segments. MATERIALS Bone density in the vertebral body of C7, T12, and L3 was measured from 32 Pan troglodytes and 26 Gorilla gorilla using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). RESULTS There was a clear difference between the three individual vertebrae and consequently the spinal segments in terms of trabecular density and cortical density and thickness. The variation of these bone parameters between the vertebrae differed between the apes but was also different from those reported for humans. The chimpanzees were observed to have overall higher trabecular density, but gorillas had higher cortical density and thickness. Cortical thickness had a relatively strong association with the vertebral size. DISCUSSION Despite the similarity in locomotion and posture, the results show slight differences in the bone parameters and their variation between spinal segments in African apes. This variation also differs from humans and appears to indicate a complex influence of locomotion, posture, and body size on the different spinal segments.
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- Niina Korpinen
- Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Tomé-Bermejo F, Bartolomé Gómez JF. Anatomical and biomechanical factors of osteoporotic vertebral fracture and the occurrence of cascade fractures. Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol (Engl Ed) 2024:S1888-4415(24)00112-7. [PMID: 38925424 DOI: 10.1016/j.recot.2024.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Osteoporosis weakens the structural strength of bone to such an extent that normal daily activity may exceed the capacity of the vertebra to bear this load. Vertebral fracture and deformity is a hallmark of osteoporosis. The detriment of trabecular bone properties alone cannot explain the occurrence of osteoporotic vertebral fracture. The ability of the spine to bear and resist loads depends on the structural capacity of the vertebrae, but also on loading conditions arising from activities of daily living or low-energy trauma. This review describes the mechanical properties of the vertebral bone, the structural load-bearing capacity of the various elements forming the spine, the neuromuscular control of the trunk, as well as the biomechanics of the loads to which the spine is subjected in relation to the presence of osteoporosis and the risk of vertebral fracture. A better understanding of biomechanical factors may help to explain both the high incidence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures and their mechanism of production. Consideration of these issues may be important in the development of prevention and management strategies.
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- F Tomé-Bermejo
- Hospital Universitario General de Villalba. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España.
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, España
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Roux JP, Duboeuf F, Sornay-Rendu E, Rinaudo L, Ulivieri FM, Wegrzyn J, Chapurlat R. The relationship between bone strain index, bone mass, microarchitecture and mechanical behavior in human vertebrae: an ex vivo study. Osteoporos Int 2024; 35:1069-1075. [PMID: 38520505 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-024-07066-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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The aim of this study was to determine whether the Bone Strain Index (BSI), a recent DXA-based bone index, is related to bone mechanical behavior, microarchitecture and finally, to determine whether BSI improves the prediction of bone strength and the predictive role of BMD in clinical practice. PURPOSE Bone Strain Index (BSI) is a new DXA-based bone index that represents the finite element analysis of the bone deformation under load. The current study aimed to assess whether the BSI is associated with 3D microarchitecture and the mechanical behavior of human lumbar vertebrae. METHODS Lumbar vertebrae (L3) were harvested fresh from 31 human donors. The anteroposterior BMC (g) and aBMD (g/cm2) of the vertebral body were measured using DXA, and then the BSI was automatically derived. The trabecular bone volume (Tb.BV/TV), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), degree of anisotropy (DA), and structure model index (SMI) were measured using µCT with a 35-µm isotropic voxel size. Quasi-static uniaxial compressive testing was performed on L3 vertebral bodies under displacement control to assess failure load and stiffness. RESULTS The BSI was significantly correlated with failure load and stiffness (r = -0.60 and -0.59; p < 0.0001), aBMD and BMC (r = -0.93 and -0.86; p < 0.0001); Tb.BV/TV and SMI (r = -0.58 and 0.51; p = 0.001 and 0.004 respectively). After adjustment for aBMD, the association between BSI and stiffness, BSI and SMI remained significant (r = -0.51; p = 0.004 and r = -0.39; p = 0.03 respectively, partial correlations) and the relation between BSI and failure load was close to significance (r = -0.35; p = 0.06). CONCLUSION The BSI was significantly correlated with the microarchitecture and mechanical behavior of L3 vertebrae, and these associations remained statistically significant regardless of aBMD.
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- Univ Lyon, INSERM, UMR 1033, 69008, Lyon, France
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Galassi FM, Lorkiewicz W, Filipiak J, Nikodem A, Żądzińska E. Age- and sex-related changes in vertebral trabecular bone architecture in Neolithic and Mediaeval populations from Poland. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9977. [PMID: 38693297 PMCID: PMC11063184 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59946-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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This paper investigates trabecular bone ontogenetic changes in two different Polish populations, one prehistoric and the other historical. The studied populations are from the Brześć Kujawski region in Kujawy (north-central Poland), one from the Neolithic Period (4500-4000 BC) and one from the Middle Ages (twelfth-sixteenth centuries AD), in total 62 vertebral specimens (32 males, 30 females). Eight morphometric parameters acquired from microCT scan images were analysed. Two-way ANOVA after Box-Cox transformation and multifactorial regression model were calculated. A significant decrease in percentage bone volume fraction (BV/TV; [%]) with age at death was observed in the studied sample; Tb.N (trabecular number) was also significantly decreased with age; trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) increased with advancing age; connectivity density (Conn.D) was negatively correlated with biological age and higher in the Neolithic population. These data are found to be compatible with data from the current biomedical literature, while no loss of horizontal trabeculae was recorded as would be expected based on modern osteoporosis.
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- Francesco Maria Galassi
- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Mechanics, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Mechanics, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Levi R, Mollura M, Savini G, Garoli F, Battaglia M, Ammirabile A, Cappellini LA, Superbi S, Grimaldi M, Barbieri R, Politi LS. CT Cadaveric dataset for Radiomics features stability assessment in lumbar vertebrae. Sci Data 2024; 11:366. [PMID: 38605079 PMCID: PMC11009306 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03191-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Radiomics features (RFs) studies have showed limitations in the reproducibility of RFs in different acquisition settings. To date, reproducibility studies using CT images mainly rely on phantoms, due to the harness of patient exposure to X-rays. The provided CadAIver dataset has the aims of evaluating how CT scanner parameters effect radiomics features on cadaveric donor. The dataset comprises 112 unique CT acquisitions of a cadaveric truck acquired on 3 different CT scanners varying KV, mA, field-of-view, and reconstruction kernel settings. Technical validation of the CadAIver dataset comprises a comprehensive univariate and multivariate GLM approach to assess stability of each RFs extracted from lumbar vertebrae. The complete dataset is publicly available to be applied for future research in the RFs field, and could foster the creation of a collaborative open CT image database to increase the sample size, the range of available scanners, and the available body districts.
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- Riccardo Levi
- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronic, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronic, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy.
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy.
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Guitteny S, Lee CF, Amirouche F. Experimentally Validated Finite Element Analysis of Thoracic Spine Compression Fractures in a Porcine Model. Bioengineering (Basel) 2024; 11:96. [PMID: 38247973 PMCID: PMC10813756 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11010096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) occur in 1 to 1.5 million patients in the US each year and are associated with pain, disability, altered pulmonary function, secondary vertebral fracture, and increased mortality risk. A better understanding of VCFs and their management requires preclinical models that are both biomechanically analogous and accessible. We conducted a study using twelve spinal vertebrae (T12-T14) from porcine specimens. We created mathematical simulations of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) using CT scans for reconstructing native anatomy and validated the results by conducting physical axial compression experiments. The simulations accurately predicted the behavior of the physical compressions. The coefficient of determination for stiffness was 0.71, the strength correlation was 0.88, and the failure of the vertebral bodies included vertical splitting on the lateral sides or horizontal separation in the anterior wall. This finite element method has important implications for the preventative, prognostic, and therapeutic management of VCFs. This study also supports the use of porcine specimens in orthopedic biomechanical research.
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- Sacha Guitteny
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; (S.G.); (C.F.L.)
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; (S.G.); (C.F.L.)
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; (S.G.); (C.F.L.)
- Orthopaedic and Spine Institute, NorthShore University Health System, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Korpinen N. Comparison of bone density patterns of the subaxial spine between chimpanzees and gorillas - A case study. J Med Primatol 2023; 52:85-91. [PMID: 36420796 DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Case study on the bone density pattern of subaxial vertebral column in African apes. INTRODUCTION African apes have been noted to experience fewer back ailments than humans and to have higher vertebral bone density. Yet, research on the subject is quite limited and has usually included only one or few vertebrae. However, to understand vertebral column as whole and how posture and locomotion might have affected it, we need to know how bone density varies between adjacent vertebrae. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bone density in the vertebral body was measured for all subaxial vertebrae of five specimens including two Pan troglodytes (1 male and 1 female) and three Gorilla gorilla (2 males and 1 female) using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). RESULTS The results tentatively indicated differences between species, especially in the trabecular density of the cervical segment and support the need for further studies on this subject.
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- Niina Korpinen
- Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Aleksova J, Ebeling PR, Milat F, Elder GJ. DXA-derived advanced hip analysis and the trabecular bone score in end-stage kidney disease secondary to type 1 diabetes. Eur J Endocrinol 2022; 187:883-892. [PMID: 36315195 DOI: 10.1530/eje-22-0687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) caused by type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have a heightened fracture risk. Bone mineral density (BMD) may predict fracture less accurately in ESKD than in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-3b or the general population. Alternate, readily available imaging modalities are needed to improve ESKD fracture risk assessment. This study aimed to assess dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived BMD, the trabecular bone score (TBS) and advanced hip analysis parameters in patients with ESKD due to T1DM and to compare their results with those of patients with ESKD from other causes. METHODS We compared the DXA-derived TBS, hip cortical thickness (CT) and femoral neck (FN) buckling ratio (BR), an index of FN stability, of patients with T1DM and ESKD undergoing simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation, patients with ESKD from other causes receiving kidney transplants and population reference ranges. RESULTS Of 227 patients with ESKD, 28% had T1DM and 65% were male. Compared with other ESKD patients, patients with T1DM were younger (42 ± 7.7 vs 51 ± 13.8 years), had shorter dialysis duration (24.4 ± 21 vs 42.6 ± 40 months), had higher HbA1c (7.9 ± 1.57% vs 5.4 ± 0.95%) and had lower BMI (25 ± 6 vs 27 ± 5 kg/m2). They had lower spine, hip and UD radius BMD Z-scores (all P ≤ 0.001), TBS (1.33 ± 0.12 vs 1.36 ± 0.12; P = 0.05), CT at the FN (P = 0.03), calcar (P = 0.006) and shaft (P < 0.001) and higher BR (10.1±7.1 vs 7.7±4; P = 0.006). All ESKD parameters were lower than population-based reference ranges (P < 0.001). Adjusting for age, sex, dialysis vintage and weight, prevalent vertebral fractures in patients with T1DM and ESKD were associated with higher BR (odds ratio (OR): 3.27 (95% CI: 1.19-8.92), P = 0.002) and lower FN CT (OR: 3.70 (95% CI: 1.13-12.50)). CONCLUSION Patients with ESKD and T1DM have reduced TBS, reduced CT and increased BR compared with other ESKD patients. Prospective study of these parameters is warranted to determine their utility in fracture risk prediction and management. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Patients with ESKD and T1DM have an elevated fracture risk due to decreased bone strength. As an adjunct to BMD, evaluating dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry parameters that incorporate structural change may have greater value in patients with ESKD and T1DM than in the general population. In this study, patients with ESKD due to T1DM had lower BMD, lower trabecular bone scores, more severe loss of CT and higher BR than other patients with ESKD and people from the general population. Both lower CT and higher BR were associated with prevalent vertebral fractures in patients with T1DM and ESKD. Changes to these parameters should be evaluated for incident fracture prediction.
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- Jasna Aleksova
- Hudson Institute for Medical Research
- Department of Medicine, Monash University
- Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University
- Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health
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- Hudson Institute for Medical Research
- Department of Medicine, Monash University
- Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital
- Skeletal Biology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
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Zhao C, Kan J, Xu Z, Zhao D, Lu A, Liu Y, Ye X. Higher BMI and lower femoral neck strength in males with type 2 diabetes mellitus and normal bone mineral density. Am J Med Sci 2022; 364:631-637. [PMID: 35718124 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2022.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and osteoporosis are two age-associated diseases. Body mass index (BMI) is positively associated with osteoporosis or osteopenia in T2DM population. Bone mineral density does not necessarily reflect the alterations in bone microarchitecture. Our aims were to investigate the relationship between BMI and femoral neck strength in males with T2DM and normal range of bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS This study enrolled 115 males (median age 53.3 years) with T2DM and normal BMD. Femoral neck strength indexes, including compression strength index (CSI), bending strength index (BSI), impact strength index (ISI), were calculated by parameters generated from Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry software. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the relationships between BMI and femoral neck strength variables. RESULTS Compared with T2DM-normal weight group, T2DM-overweight group and T2DM-obesity group had a higher femur neck and total femur BMDs. Cross sectional moment of inertia (CSMI), cross sectional area (CSA), section modulus (SM) were significantly higher (all p<0.05), and buckling ratio (BR) (6.35±2.08 vs 7.18±1.71) was lower in T2DM-obesity group than in T2DM-normal weight group. Compared with T2DM-normal weight group, CSI (all p<0.001), BSI (all p<0.001), ISI (all p<0.001) were significantly reduced in T2DM-obesity and T2DM-overweight groups. Pearson correlation analysis indicated that BMI was negatively correlated with CSI (r= - 0.457, p<0.001), BSI(r = -0.397, p<0.001), ISI (r = - 0.414, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Higher BMI is associated with lower femoral neck strength in males with T2DM and normal BMD. It implies that femoral neck fracture risk increases in obese and diabetic males, despite their high bone density.
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- Cuiping Zhao
- Department of Geriatrics, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center/ Endocrine and metabolic disease treatment center, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center/ Endocrine and metabolic disease treatment center, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Geriatrics, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China; Department of Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center/ Endocrine and metabolic disease treatment center, Changzhou No.2 people's Hospital, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 213000, Changzhou, China.
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Yeni YN, Dix MR, Xiao A, Oravec DJ. Uniaxial compressive properties of human lumbar 1 vertebrae loaded beyond compaction and their relationship to cortical and cancellous microstructure, size and density properties. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2022; 133:105334. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ghomashchi S, Clement A, Whyne CM, Akens MK. Establishment and Image based evaluation of a New Preclinical Rat Model of Osteoblastic Bone Metastases. Clin Exp Metastasis 2022; 39:833-840. [PMID: 35819644 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-022-10175-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bone remodeling is disrupted in the presence of metastases and can present as osteolytic, osteoblastic or a mixture of the two. Established rat models of osteolytic and mixed metastases have been identified changes in structural and tissue-level properties of bone. The aim of this work was to establish a preclinical rat model of osteoblastic metastases and characterize bone quality changes through image-based evaluation. Female athymic rats (n = 22) were inoculated with human breast cancer cells ZR-75-1 and tumor development tracked over 3-4 months with bioluminescence and in-vivo µCT imaging. Bone tissue-level stereological features were quantified on ex-vivo µCT imaging. Histopathology verified the presence of osteoblastic bone. Bone mineral density distribution was assessed via backscattered electron microscopy. Newly formed osteoblastic bone was associated with reduced mineral content and increased heterogeneity leading to an overall degraded bone quality. Characterizing changes in osteoblastic bone properties is relevant to pre-clinical therapeutic testing and treatment planning.
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- Soroush Ghomashchi
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 101 College Street, Rm 15-311, M5G 1L7, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 101 College Street, Rm 15-311, M5G 1L7, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Techna Institute, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Rm 15-311, M5G 1L7, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Schröder G, Reichel M, Spiegel S, Schulze M, Götz A, Bugaichuk S, Andresen JR, Kullen CM, Andresen R, Schober HC. Breaking strength and bone microarchitecture in osteoporosis: a biomechanical approximation based on load tests in 104 human vertebrae from the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines of 13 body donors. J Orthop Surg Res 2022; 17:228. [PMID: 35410435 PMCID: PMC8996654 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-022-03105-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The purpose of the study was to investigate associations between biomechanical resilience (failure load, failure strength) and the microarchitecture of cancellous bone in the vertebrae of human cadavers with low bone density with or without vertebral fractures (VFx). Methods Spines were removed from 13 body donors (approval no. A 2017-0072) and analyzed in regard to bone mineral density (BMD), Hounsfield units (HU), and fracture count (Fx) with the aid of high-resolution CT images. This was followed by the puncture of cancellous bone in the vertebral bodies of C2 to L5 using a Jamshidi™ needle. The following parameters were determined on the micro-CT images: bone volume fraction (BVF), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), trabecular separation (Tb.Sp), degree of anisotropy (DA), trabecular number (Tb.N), trabecular pattern factor (Tb.Pf), and connectivity density (Conn.D). The axial load behavior of 104 vertebral specimens (C5, C6, T7, T8, T9, T12, L1, L3) was investigated with a servohydraulic testing machine. Results Individuals with more than 2 fractures had a significantly lower trabecular pattern factor (Tb.Pf), which also proved to be an important factor for a reduced failure load in the regression analysis with differences between the parts of the spine. The failure load (FL) and endplate sizes of normal vertebrae increased with progression in the craniocaudal direction, while the HU was reduced. Failure strength (FS) was significantly greater in the cervical spine than in the thoracic or lumbar spine (p < 0.001), independent of sex. BVF, Tb.Th, Tb.N, and Conn.D were significantly higher in the cervical spine than in the other spinal segments. In contrast, Tb.Sp and Tb.Pf were lowest in the cervical spine. BVF was correlated with FL (r = 0.600, p = 0.030) and FS (r = 0.763, p = 0.002). Microarchitectural changes were also detectable in the cervical spine at lower densities. Conclusions Due to the unique microarchitecture of the cervical vertebrae, fractures occur much later in this region than they do in the thoracic or lumbar spine. Trial registration Approval no. A 2017-0072.
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Yeni YN, Dix MR, Xiao A, Oravec DJ, Flynn MJ. Measuring the thickness of vertebral endplate and shell using digital tomosynthesis. Bone 2022; 157:116341. [PMID: 35092890 PMCID: PMC8858866 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The vertebral endplate and cortical shell play an important structural role and contribute to the overall strength of the vertebral body, are at highest risk of initial failure, and are involved in degenerative disease of the spine. The ability to accurately measure the thickness of these structures is therefore important, even if difficult due to relatively low resolution clinical imaging. We posit that digital tomosynthesis (DTS) may be a suitable imaging modality for measurement of endplate and cortical shell thickness owing to the ability to reconstruct multiplanar images with good spatial resolution at low radiation dose. In this study, for 25 cadaveric L1 vertebrae, average and standard deviation of endplate and cortical shell thickness were measured using images from DTS and microcomputed tomography (μCT). For endplate thickness measurements, significant correlations between DTS and μCT were found for all variables when comparing thicknesses measured in both the overall endplate volume (R2 = 0.25-0.54) and when measurements were limited to a central range of coronal or sagittal slices (R2 = 0.24-0.62). When compared to reference values from the overall shell volume, DTS thickness measurements were generally nonsignificant. However, when measurement of cortical shell thickness was limited to a range of central slices, DTS outcomes were significantly correlated with reference values for both sagittal and coronal central regions (R2 = 0.21-0.49). DTS may therefore offer a means for measurement of endplate thickness and, within a limited sagittal or coronal measurement volume, for measurement of cortical shell thickness.
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- Yener N Yeni
- Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
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- Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America; School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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- Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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- Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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- Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Ulivieri FM, Rinaudo L, Messina C, Piodi LP, Capra D, Lupi B, Meneguzzo C, Sconfienza LM, Sardanelli F, Giustina A, Grossi E. Bone Strain Index predicts fragility fracture in osteoporotic women: an artificial intelligence-based study. Eur Radiol Exp 2021; 5:47. [PMID: 34664136 PMCID: PMC8523735 DOI: 10.1186/s41747-021-00242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We applied an artificial intelligence-based model to predict fragility fractures in postmenopausal women, using different dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) parameters. METHODS One hundred seventy-four postmenopausal women without vertebral fractures (VFs) at baseline (mean age 66.3 ± 9.8) were retrospectively evaluated. Data has been collected from September 2010 to August 2018. All subjects performed a spine x-ray to assess VFs, together with lumbar and femoral DXA for bone mineral density (BMD) and the bone strain index (BSI) evaluation. Follow-up exams were performed after 3.34 ± 1.91 years. Considering the occurrence of new VFs at follow-up, two groups were created: fractured versus not-fractured. We applied an artificial neural network (ANN) analysis with a predictive tool (TWIST system) to select relevant input data from a list of 13 variables including BMD and BSI. A semantic connectivity map was built to analyse the connections among variables within the groups. For group comparisons, an independent-samples t-test was used; variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. RESULTS For each patient, we evaluated a total of n = 6 exams. At follow-up, n = 69 (39.6%) women developed a VF. ANNs reached a predictive accuracy of 79.56% within the training testing procedure, with a sensitivity of 80.93% and a specificity of 78.18%. The semantic connectivity map showed that a low BSI at the total femur is connected to the absence of VFs. CONCLUSION We found a high performance of ANN analysis in predicting the occurrence of VFs. Femoral BSI appears as a useful DXA index to identify patients at lower risk for lumbar VFs.
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- Fabio Massimo Ulivieri
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122, Milan, Italy
- Current address: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 58 20132, Milan, Italy
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- BSE TECHNOLOGIC S.r.l., Lungo Dora Voghera, 34/36A, 10153, Turin, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy
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- Former: Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal, 36, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal, 36, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal, 36, 20133, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Rodolfo Morandi, 30, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences (IEMS) San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina Milano, 20, 20132, Milan, MI, Italy
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- Villa Santa Maria Foundation, Via IV Novembre, 15, 22038, Tavernerio, Como, Italy
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Aleksova J, Milat F, Kotowicz MA, Pasco JA, Schultz C, Wong P, Ebeling PR, Elder GJ. Patients with end-stage kidney disease have markedly abnormal cortical hip parameters by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2021; 36:543-550. [PMID: 31697355 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfz195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have higher fracture rates and post-fracture mortality than the general population, but bone mineral density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is less predictive of fracture in this patient group. Bone biopsy and high-resolution imaging indicate that cortical thickness (CT) is reduced and cortical porosity is increased in ESKD. The aim of this study was to assess cortical parameters using DXA in patients with ESKD. It was hypothesized that these parameters would show deterioration and be associated with fracture. METHODS Using advanced hip analysis, normal age-related ranges were determined from 752 female and 861 male femur scans and were compared with scans of 226 patients with ESKD at the time of transplantation. RESULTS Compared with controls, female patients had lower mean±SD CT (mms) at the femoral neck (FN) (2.59 ± 1.42 versus 5.23 ± 1.85), calcar (3.46 ± 1.07 versus 5.09 ± 1.30) and shaft (4.42 ± 1.21 versus 7.44 ± 2.07; P < 0.001 for each), and buckling ratios were higher (8.21 ± 4.6 versus 3.63 ± 1.42; P < 0.001), indicating greater FN instability. All findings were similar for men. Prevalent fracture was documented in 28.8% of patients; 12.4% vertebral only, 8.4% non-vertebral only and 8% vertebral plus non-vertebral. In adjusted models, each 1 SD reduction in FN CT and increase in the buckling ratio was associated with a respective 1.73 (1.22-2.46)- and 1.82 (1.49-2.86)-fold increase in the risk of prevalent vertebral fracture. CONCLUSIONS In patients with ESKD, DXA-derived cortical parameters are markedly abnormal compared with age- and sex-matched controls. These parameters should be assessed for incident fracture prediction and targeting treatment.
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- Jasna Aleksova
- Hudson Institute for Medical Research, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Hudson Institute for Medical Research, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.,Barwon Health, University Hospital, Geelong, Australia.,Department of Medicine-Western Health, University of Melbourne, St Albans, Australia
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- Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.,Barwon Health, University Hospital, Geelong, Australia.,Department of Medicine-Western Health, University of Melbourne, St Albans, Australia.,Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET and Bone Densitometry, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Hudson Institute for Medical Research, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Osteoporosis and Bone Biology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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McMorran JG, Gregory DE. The Influence of Axial Compression on the Cellular and Mechanical Function of Spinal Tissues; Emphasis on the Nucleus Pulposus and Annulus Fibrosus: A Review. J Biomech Eng 2021; 143:1096334. [PMID: 33454730 DOI: 10.1115/1.4049749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In light of the correlation between chronic back pain and intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration, this literature review seeks to illustrate the importance of the hydraulic response across the nucleus pulposus (NP)-annulus fibrosus (AF) interface, by synthesizing current information regarding injurious biomechanics of the spine, stemming from axial compression. Damage to vertebrae, endplates (EPs), the NP, and the AF, can all arise from axial compression, depending on the segment's posture, the manner in which it is loaded, and the physiological state of tissue. Therefore, this movement pattern was selected to illustrate the importance of the bracing effect of a pressurized NP on the AF, and how injuries interrupting support to the AF may contribute to IVD degeneration.
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- John G McMorran
- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2 L 3C5
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- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2 L 3C5; Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2 L 3C5
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Dua R, Jones H, Noble PC. Designing and validation of an automated ex-vivo bioreactor system for long term culture of bone. Bone Rep 2021; 14:101074. [PMID: 33997151 PMCID: PMC8102406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2021.101074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Several different bioreactors have been developed to study bone biology. Keeping a bone viable for long-term studies is still a challenge. We have developed an ex-vivo bone bioreactor that can keep the ex-vivo live bone viable for more than 4 weeks. Keeping a bone viable for over a month can be used as an alternative model for in-vivo experiments in animals. We hypothesize that the perfusion flow and mechanical load on the bone provide a real-time environment for the bone to survive. Cancellous bones were harvested from the bovine metatarsals and were placed in the dynamic culture with cyclic loading at regular intervals. After a period of week 4, the bone cores were retrieved from the bioreactor and tested for viability using calcein-AM and ethidium homodimer -1 fluorescent dyes and were compared with the cores that were placed in static culture with and without any loads on them and Day 0 bone core that acted as a positive control. The bone blocks were then fixed in 10% formalin, and bone mineral density was evaluated using a DXA scanner before staining them for H&E to study the morphological changes. Results revealed that the bone cultured in the bioreactor was viable as compared to the one in the static culture with and without constant load. Bone cores cultured in our ex-vivo bioreactor system also maintained their morphology and no statistical difference was found in the bone mineral density compared to positive controls and the statistical difference was found when compared with the cores cultured in static culture. This tool can be used to study bone biology for various applications such as bone ingrowth studies, to study the effect of drugs, hormones, or any growth factors, and much more.
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- Rupak Dua
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA
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- Center for Orthopaedic Research, Innovation and Training, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Orthopaedic Research, Innovation and Training, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
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Ma C, Wu F, Pan F, Laslett L, Shah A, Squibb K, Winzenberg T, Jones G. Bone Microarchitecture, Volumetric or Areal Bone Mineral Density for Discrimination of Vertebral Deformity in Adults: A Cross-sectional Study. J Clin Densitom 2021; 24:190-199. [PMID: 32586682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2020.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND Both areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and bone microarchitecture have been associated with vertebral deformity (VD), but there are limited data on the utility of bone microarchitecture measures in combination with aBMD in discriminating VD. This study aimed to describe whether radial bone microarchitecture measures alone or in combinations with radial volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) or spine aBMD can improve discrimination of VD in adults. METHODS Data on 196 subjects (mean age (standard deviation, SD) = 72 (7) years, female 46%) were utilized. VD of T4-L4 and spine aBMD were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. VD was defined if anterior to posterior height ratio was more than 3-SD, 4-SD below, or >25% decrease compared with the sex-matched normal means. Bone microarchitecture parameters at distal radius were collected using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography and analyzed using StrAx. RESULTS The strongest associations were seen for the cortical thickness (odds ratios (ORs): 2.63/SD decrease for 25% and 2.38/SD decrease for 3-SD criterion) and compact cortical area (OR: 3.33/SD decrease for 4-SD criterion). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for spine aBMD for VD was 0.594, 0.597, and 0.634 for 25%, 3-SD and 4-SD criteria, respectively (all p < 0.05). Compact cortical area, cortical thickness and compact cortical thickness alone had the largest AUCs for VD (0.680-0.685 for 25% criterion, 0.659-0.674 for 3-SD criterion, and 0.699-0.707 for 4-SD criterion). Adding spine aBMD or radial vBMD to each cortical measure did not improve VD discrimination (∆ AUC 0.8%-2.1%). CONCLUSIONS Cortical measures had the best utility for discriminating VD when used alone. Adding either spine aBMD or radial vBMD did not improve the utility of cortical measures.
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- Canchen Ma
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Moore AJ. Vertebral pneumaticity is correlated with serial variation in vertebral shape in storks. J Anat 2021; 238:615-625. [PMID: 32981054 PMCID: PMC7855073 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Birds and their ornithodiran ancestors are unique among vertebrates in exhibiting air-filled sinuses in their postcranial bones, a phenomenon called postcranial skeletal pneumaticity. The factors that account for serial and interspecific variation in postcranial skeletal pneumaticity are poorly understood, although body size, ecology, and bone biomechanics have all been implicated as influencing the extent to which pneumatizing epithelia invade the skeleton and induce bone resorption. Here, I use high-resolution computed-tomography to holistically quantify vertebral pneumaticity in members of the neognath family Ciconiidae (storks), with pneumaticity measured as the relative volume of internal air space. These data are used to describe serial variation in extent of pneumaticity and to assess whether and how pneumaticity varies with the size and shape of a vertebra. Pneumaticity increases dramatically from the middle of the neck onwards, contrary to previous predictions that cervical pneumaticity should decrease toward the thorax to maintain structural integrity as the mass and bending moments of the neck increase. Although the largest vertebrae sampled are also the most pneumatic, vertebral size cannot on its own account for serial or interspecific variation in extent of pneumaticity. Vertebral shape, as quantified by three-dimensional geometric morphometrics, is found to be significantly correlated with extent of pneumaticity, with elongate vertebrae being less pneumatic than craniocaudally short and dorsoventrally tall vertebrae. Considered together, the results of this study are consistent with the hypothesis that shape- and position-specific biomechanics influence the amount of bone loss that can be safely tolerated. These results have potentially important implications for the evolution of vertebral morphology in birds and their extinct relatives.
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- Andrew J. Moore
- Department of Biological SciencesThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDCUSA,Department of Anatomical SciencesStony Brook UniversityStony BrookNYUSA
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Kim HJ, Dash A, Cunningham M, Schwab F, Dowdell J, Harrison J, Zaworski C, Krez A, Lafage V, Agarwal S, Carlson B, McMahon DJ, Stein EM. Patients with abnormal microarchitecture have an increased risk of early complications after spinal fusion surgery. Bone 2021; 143:115731. [PMID: 33157283 PMCID: PMC9518007 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Spine fusion is one of the most common orthopedic surgeries, with more than 400,000 cases performed annually. While these procedures correct debilitating pain and deformities, complications occur in up to 45%. As successful fusion rests upon early stability of hardware in bone, patients with structural skeletal deficits may be at particular risk for complications. Few studies have investigated this relationship, and none have used higher order imaging to evaluate microstructural mechanisms for complications. Standard DXA measurements are subject to artifact in patients with spinal disease and therefore provide limited information. The goal of this prospective study was to investigate pre-operative bone quality as a risk factor for early post-operative complications using high resolution peripheral QCT (HR-pQCT) measurements of volumetric BMD (vBMD) and microarchitecture. We hypothesized that patients with low vBMD and abnormal microarchitecture at baseline would have more skeletal complications post-operatively. Conversely, we hypothesized that pre-operative DXA measurements would not be predictive of complications. Fifty-four subjects (mean age 63 years, BMI 27 kg/m2) were enrolled pre-operatively and followed for 6 months after multi-level lumbar spine fusion. Skeletal complications occurred in 14 patients. Patients who developed complications were of similar age and BMI to those who did not. Baseline areal BMD and Trabecular Bone Score by DXA did not differ. In contrast, HR-pQCT revealed that patients who developed complications had lower trabecular vBMD, fewer and thinner trabeculae at both the radius and tibia, and thinner tibial cortices. In summary, abnormalities of both trabecular and cortical microarchitecture were associated the development of complications within the first six months following spine fusion surgery. Our results suggest a mechanism for early skeletal complications after fusion. Given the burgeoning number of fusion surgeries, further studies are necessary to investigate strategies that may improve bone quality and lower the risk of post-operative complications.
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- Han Jo Kim
- Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States of America.
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Ulivieri FM, Rinaudo L, Piodi LP, Messina C, Sconfienza LM, Sardanelli F, Guglielmi G, Grossi E. Bone strain index as a predictor of further vertebral fracture in osteoporotic women: An artificial intelligence-based analysis. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245967. [PMID: 33556061 PMCID: PMC7870050 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is an asymptomatic disease of high prevalence and incidence, leading to bone fractures burdened by high mortality and disability, mainly when several subsequent fractures occur. A fragility fracture predictive model, Artificial Intelligence-based, to identify dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) variables able to characterise those patients who are prone to further fractures called Bone Strain Index, was evaluated in this study. METHODS In a prospective, longitudinal, multicentric study 172 female outpatients with at least one vertebral fracture at the first observation were enrolled. They performed a spine X-ray to calculate spine deformity index (SDI) and a lumbar and femoral DXA scan to assess bone mineral density (BMD) and bone strain index (BSI) at baseline and after a follow-up period of 3 years in average. At the end of the follow-up, 93 women developed a further vertebral fracture. The further vertebral fracture was considered as one unit increase of SDI. We assessed the predictive capacity of supervised Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to distinguish women who developed a further fracture from those without it, and to detect those variables providing the maximal amount of relevant information to discriminate the two groups. ANNs choose appropriate input data automatically (TWIST-system, Training With Input Selection and Testing). Moreover, we built a semantic connectivity map usingthe Auto Contractive Map to provide further insights about the convoluted connections between the osteoporotic variables under consideration and the two scenarios (further fracture vs no further fracture). RESULTS TWIST system selected 5 out of 13 available variables: age, menopause age, BMI, FTot BMC, FTot BSI. With training testing procedure, ANNs reached predictive accuracy of 79.36%, with a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 83.72%. The semantic connectivity map highlighted the role of BSI in predicting the risk of a further fracture. CONCLUSIONS Artificial Intelligence is a useful method to analyse a complex system like that regarding osteoporosis, able to identify patients prone to a further fragility fracture. BSI appears to be a useful DXA index in identifying those patients who are at risk of further vertebral fractures.
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- Fabio Massimo Ulivieri
- UO Medicina Nucleare, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- TECHNOLOGIC Srl, Lungo Dora Voghera, Torino, Italy
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- UO Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
- Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- UO Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
- Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Radiologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Piazza Edmondo Malan, San Donato Milanese (MI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto, Foggia, Italy
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- Villa Santa Maria Foundation, Tavernerio (CO), Italy
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Local and global microarchitecture is associated with different features of bone biomechanics. Bone Rep 2020; 13:100716. [PMID: 32995387 PMCID: PMC7516068 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2020.100716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Purpose Beside areal bone mineral density (aBMD), evaluation of fragility fracture risk mostly relies on global microarchitecture. However, microarchitecture is not a uniform network. Therefore, this study aimed to compare local structural weakness to global microarchitecture on whole vertebral bodies and to evaluate how local and global microarchitecture was associated with bone biomechanics. Methods From 21 human L3 vertebrae, aBMD was measured using absorptiometry. Parameters of global microarchitecture were measured using HR-pQCT: trabecular bone volume fraction (Tb.BV/TVglobal), trabecular number, structure model index and connectivity density (Conn.D). Local minimal values of aBMD and Tb.BV/TV were identified in the total (Tt) or trabecular (Tb) area of each vertebral body. “Two dimensional (2D) local structural weakness” was defined as Tt.BMDmin, Tt.BV/TVmin and Tb.BV/TVmin. Mechanical testing was performed in 3 phases: 1/ initial compression until mild vertebral fracture, 2/ unloaded relaxation, and 3/ second compression until failure. Results Initial and post-fracture mechanics were significantly correlated with bone mass, global and local microarchitecture. Tt.BMDmin, Tt.BV/TVmin, Tb.BV/TVmin, and initial and post-fracture mechanics remained significantly correlated after adjustment for aBMD or Tb.BV/TVglobal (p < 0.001 to 0.038). The combination of the most relevant parameter of bone mass, global and local microarchitecture associated with failure load and stiffness demonstrated that global microarchitecture explained initial and post-fracture stiffness, while local structural weakness explained initial and post-fracture failure load (p < 0.001). Conclusion Local and global microarchitecture was associated with different features of vertebral bone biomechanics, with global microarchitecture controlling stiffness and 2D local structural weakness controlling strength. Therefore, determining both localized low density and impaired global microarchitecture could have major impact on vertebral fracture risk prediction. Global and local microarchitecture were associated with different features of bone biomechanics. Localized low density and/or impaired microarchitecture regions could have major impact on bone mechanical behavior. Global microarchitecture determined initial and post-fracture vertebral stiffness. Local microarchitecture determined initial and post-fracture vertebral failure load.
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Cardinal M, Dessain A, Roels T, Lafont S, Ominsky MS, Devogelaer JP, Chappard D, Mabilleau G, Ammann P, Nyssen-Behets C, Manicourt DH. Sclerostin-Antibody Treatment Decreases Fracture Rates in Axial Skeleton and Improves the Skeletal Phenotype in Growing oim/oim Mice. Calcif Tissue Int 2020; 106:494-508. [PMID: 32025752 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-019-00655-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), vertebrae brittleness causes thorax deformations and leads to cardiopulmonary failure. As sclerostin-neutralizing antibodies increase bone mass and strength in animal models of osteoporosis, their administration in two murine models of severe OI enhanced the strength of vertebrae in growing female Crtap-/- mice but not in growing male Col1a1Jrt/+ mice. However, these two studies ignored the impact of antibodies on spine growth, fracture rates, and compressive mechanical properties. Here, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in oim/oim mice, an established model of human severe OI type III due to a mutation in Col1a2. Five-week-old female WT and oim/oim mice received either PBS or sclerostin antibody (Scl-Ab) for 9 weeks. Analyses included radiography, histomorphometry, pQCT, microcomputed tomography, and biomechanical testing. Though it did not modify vertebral axial growth, Scl-Ab treatment markedly reduced the fracture prevalence in the pelvis and caudal vertebrae, enhanced osteoblast activity (L4), increased cervico-sacral spine BMD, and improved the lumbosacral spine bone cross-sectional area. Scl-Ab did not impact vertebral height and body size but enhanced the cortical thickness and trabecular bone volume significantly in the two Scl-Ab groups. At lumbar vertebrae and tibial metaphysis, the absolute increase in cortical and trabecular bone mass was higher in Scl-Ab WT than in Scl-Ab oim/oim. The effects on trabecular bone mass were mainly due to changes in trabecular number at vertebrae and in trabecular thickness at metaphyses. Additionally, Scl-Ab did not restore a standard trabecular network, but improved bone compressive ultimate load with more robust effects at vertebrae than at metaphysis. Overall, Scl-Ab treatment may be beneficial for reducing vertebral fractures and spine deformities in patients with severe OI.
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- Mickaël Cardinal
- Pole of Morphology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 52 Avenue Mounier - B1.52.04, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Pole of Morphology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 52 Avenue Mounier - B1.52.04, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Morphology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 52 Avenue Mounier - B1.52.04, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Morphology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 52 Avenue Mounier - B1.52.04, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Radius Health, Inc. (Formerly at Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA), Waltham, MA, USA
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- Pole of Rheumatology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- GEROM, Groupe d'Etudes sur le Remodelage Osseux et les bioMatériaux, University of Angers, 49933, Angers, France
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- GEROM, Groupe d'Etudes sur le Remodelage Osseux et les bioMatériaux, University of Angers, 49933, Angers, France
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- Division of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pole of Morphology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, 52 Avenue Mounier - B1.52.04, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Rheumatology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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McKay M, Jackman TM, Hussein AI, Guermazi A, Liu J, Morgan EF. Association of vertebral endplate microstructure with bone strength in men and women. Bone 2020; 131:115147. [PMID: 31706053 PMCID: PMC6930346 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.115147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Epidemiological and biomechanical evidence indicates that the risk of vertebral fracture differs between men and women, and that vertebral fracture frequently involves failure of the endplate region. The goal of this study was to compare the bone microstructure of the endplate region-defined as the (bony) vertebral endplate and underlying subchondral trabecular bone-between sexes and to determine whether any such sex differences are associated with vertebral strength. The bone density (volume fraction, apparent density and tissue mineral density) of the superior-most 2 mm of the vertebra, and the bone density and trabecular architecture of the next 5 mm were quantified using micro-computed tomography in human T8 (12 female, 16 male) and L1 (13 female, 12 male) vertebrae. Average density of the vertebra (integral bone mineral density (BMD)) was determined by quantitative computed tomography and compressive strength by mechanical testing. Few differences were found between male and female vertebrae in the density of the endplate region; none were found in trabecular architecture. However, whereas endplate volume fraction was positively correlated with integral BMD in male vertebrae (r = 0.654, p < .001), no correlation was found in the female vertebrae (r = 0.157, p = .455). Accounting for the density of the endplate region improved predictions of vertebral strength (p < .034) and eliminated sex-specificity in the strength prediction that was based on integral BMD alone. These results suggest that the density of the endplate region influences vertebral fracture and that non-invasive assessment of this region's density can contribute to predictions of vertebral strength in men and women.
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- MeiLissa McKay
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Messina C, Piodi LP, Grossi E, Eller-Vainicher C, Bianchi ML, Ortolani S, Di Stefano M, Rinaudo L, Sconfienza LM, Ulivieri FM. Artificial neural network analysis of bone quality DXA parameters response to teriparatide in fractured osteoporotic patients. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229820. [PMID: 32160208 PMCID: PMC7065795 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Teriparatide is a bone-forming therapy for osteoporosis that increases bone quantity and texture, with uncertain action on bone geometry. No data are available regarding its influence on bone strain. To investigate teriparatide action on parameters of bone quantity and quality and on Bone Strain Index (BSI), also derived from DXA lumbar scan, based on the mathematical model finite element method. Forty osteoporotic patients with fractures were studied before and after two years of daily subcutaneous 20 mcg of teriparatide with dual X-ray photon absorptiometry to assess bone mineral density (BMD), hip structural analysis (HSA), trabecular bone score (TBS), BSI. Spine deformity index (SDI) was calculated from spine X-ray. Shapiro-Wilks, Wilcoxon and Student's t test were used for classical statistical analysis. Auto Contractive Map was used for Artificial Neural Network Analysis (ANNs). In the entire population, the ameliorations after therapy regarded BSI (-13.9%), TBS (5.08%), BMD (8.36%). HSA parameters of femoral shaft showed a worsening. Dividing patients into responders (BMD increase >10%) and non-responders, the first presented TBS and BSI ameliorations (11.87% and -25.46%, respectively). Non-responders presented an amelioration of BSI only, but less than in the other subgroup (-6.57%). ANNs maps reflect the mentioned bone quality improvements. Teriparatide appears to ameliorate not only BMD and TBS, but also BSI, suggesting an increase of bone strength that may explain the known reduction in fracture risk, not simply justified by BMD increase. BSI appears to be a sensitive index of TPD effect. ANNs appears to be a valid tool to investigate complex clinical systems.
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- Carmelo Messina
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UO Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Milano, Italy
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- Villa Santa Maria Foundation, Centro di Riabilitazioni Neuropsichiatrica, UO Autismo, Tavernerio (CO), Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, UO Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Milano, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, UO Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Milano, Italy
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- A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Corso Bramante, Torino, Italy
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- TECHNOLOGIC Srl, Lungo Dora Voghera, Torino, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UO Medicina Nucleare, Milano, Italy
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FEM-Based Compression Fracture Risk Assessment in Osteoporotic Lumbar Vertebra L1. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9153013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This paper presents a finite element method (FEM)-based fracture risk assessment in patient-specific osteoporotic lumbar vertebra L1. The influence of osteoporosis is defined by variation of parameters such as thickness of the cortical shell, the bone volume–total volume ratio (BV/TV), and the trabecular bone score (TBS). The mechanical behaviour of bone is defined using the Ramberg–Osgood material model. This study involves the static and nonlinear dynamic calculations of von Mises stresses and follows statistical processing of the obtained results in order to develop the patient-specific vertebra reliability. In addition, different scenarios of parameters show that the reliability of the proposed model of human vertebra highly decreases with low levels of BV/TV and is critical due to the thinner cortical bone, suggesting high trauma risk by reason of osteoporosis.
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López Picazo M, Humbert L, Di Gregorio S, González Ballester MA, Del Río Barquero LM. Discrimination of osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures by DXA-derived 3D measurements: a retrospective case-control study. Osteoporos Int 2019; 30:1099-1110. [PMID: 30770938 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-019-04894-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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UNLABELLED A retrospective case-control study assessing the association of DXA-derived 3D measurements with osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures was performed. Trabecular volumetric bone mineral density was the measurement that best discriminates between fracture and control groups. INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of DXA-derived 3D measurements at the lumbar spine with osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed a database of 74 postmenopausal women: 37 subjects with incident vertebral fractures and 37 age-matched controls without any type of fracture. DXA scans at the lumbar spine were acquired at baseline (i.e., before the fracture event for subjects in the fracture group), and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) was measured. DXA-derived 3D measurements, such as volumetric BMD (vBMD), were assessed using a DXA-based 3D modeling software (3D-SHAPER). vBMD was computed at the trabecular, cortical, and integral bone. Cortical thickness and cortical surface BMD were also measured. Differences in DXA-derived measurements between fracture and control groups were evaluated using unpaired t test. Odds ratio (OR) and area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) were also computed. Subgroup analyses according to fractured vertebra were performed. RESULTS aBMD of fracture group was 9.3% lower compared with control group (p < 0.01); a higher difference was found for trabecular vBMD in the vertebral body (- 16.1%, p < 0.001). Trabecular vBMD was the measurement that best discriminates between fracture and control groups, with an AUC of 0.733, against 0.682 for aBMD. Overall, similar findings were observed within the subgroup analyses. The L1 vertebral fractures subgroup had the highest AUC at trabecular vBMD (0.827), against aBMD (0.758). CONCLUSION This study showed the ability of cortical and trabecular measurements from DXA-derived 3D models to discriminate between fracture and control groups. Large cohorts need to be analyzed to determine if these measurements could improve fracture risk prediction in clinical practice.
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- M López Picazo
- Musculoskeletal Unit, Galgo Medical, Barcelona, Spain.
- BCN Medtech, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Musculoskeletal Unit, Galgo Medical, Barcelona, Spain
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Normal trabecular vertebral bone is formed via rapid transformation of mineralized spicules: A high-resolution 3D ex-vivo murine study. Acta Biomater 2019; 86:429-440. [PMID: 30605771 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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At birth, mouse vertebrae have a reticular fine spongy morphology, yet in the adult animal they exhibit elaborate trabecular architectures. Here, we characterize the physiological microstructural transformations in growing young female mice of the widely used C57BL/6 strain. Extensive architectural changes lead to the establishment of mature cancellous bone in the spine. Vertebrae were mapped in 3D by high resolution microcomputed tomography (µCT), backed by conventional histology. Three different phases are observed in the natural bony biomaterial: In a prenatal templating phase, early vertebrae are composed of foamy, loosely-packed mineralized spicules. During a consolidation phase in the first 7 days after birth, bone material condenses into struts and forms primitive trabeculae accompanied by a significant (>50%) reduction in bone volume/tissue volume ratio (BV/TV). After day 7, the trabeculae expand, reorient and increase in mineral density. Swift growth ensues such that by day 14 the young lumbar spine exhibits all morphological features observed in the mature animal. The greatly varied micro-morphologies of normal trabecular bone observed in 3D within a short timespan are typical for rodent and presumably for other mammalian forming spines. This suggests that fully structured cancellous bone emerges through rapid post-natal restructuring of a foamy mineralized scaffold. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Cancellous bone develops in stages that are not well documented. Using a mouse model, we provide an observer-independent quantification of normal bone formation in the spine. We find that within 14 days, the cancellous bone transforms in 3 phases from a scaffold of spicules into well organized, fully mineralized trabeculae in a functional spine. Detailed knowledge of the physiological restructuring of mineralized material may help to better understand bone formation and may serve as a blueprint for studies of pharmaceuticals effects, tissue healing and regeneration.
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Vertebral strength prediction from Bi-Planar dual energy x-ray absorptiometry under anterior compressive force using a finite element model: An in vitro study. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2018; 87:190-196. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ulivieri FM, Rebagliati GAA, Piodi LP, Solimeno LP, Pasta G, Boccalandro E, Fasulo MR, Mancuso ME, Santagostino E. Usefulness of bone microarchitectural and geometric DXA-derived parameters in haemophilic patients. Haemophilia 2018; 24:980-987. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Fabio Massimo Ulivieri
- Nuclear Medicine, Bone Metabolic Unit; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Former: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Ortopedic and Traumatology Unit; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic; IRCCS Fondazione San Matteo; Pavia Italy
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- Ortopedic and Traumatology Unit; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Former: Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milano Italy
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Szulc P, Boutroy S, Chapurlat R. Prediction of Fractures in Men Using Bone Microarchitectural Parameters Assessed by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography-The Prospective STRAMBO Study. J Bone Miner Res 2018; 33:1470-1479. [PMID: 29694676 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) poorly identifies men at high fracture risk. Our aim was to assess prediction of fractures in men by bone microarchitectural measures. At baseline, 825 men aged 60 to 87 years had the assessment of bone microarchitecture at distal radius and distal tibia by high-resolution peripheral QCT (HR-pQCT; XtremeCT-I, Scanco Medical, Brüttisellen, Switzerland). Bone strength was estimated by micro-finite element analysis. During the prospective 8-year follow-up, 105 men sustained fractures (59 vertebral fractures in 49 men and 70 nonvertebral fractures in 68 men). After adjustment for age, body mass index (BMI), prior falls, and fractures, most HR-pQCT measures at both skeletal sites predicted fractures. After further adjustment for aBMD, low distal radius trabecular number (Tb.N) was most strongly associated with higher fracture risk (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.63 per SD, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.31-2.03, p < 0.001). In similar models, low Tb.N was associated with higher risk of major osteoporotic fracture (HR = 1.80 per SD, p < 0.001), vertebral fracture (HR = 1.78 per SD, p < 0.01) and nonvertebral fracture (HR = 1.46 per SD, p < 0.01). In comparison with the reference model (age, BMI, falls, fractures, aBMD), the adjustment for distal radius Tb.N increased the estimated fracture probability in men who sustained fractures versus those who did not have ones (difference = 4.1%, 95% CI 1.9-6.3%, p < 0.001). However, the adjustment for distal radius Tb.N did not increase the area under the curve (AUC, p = 0.37). Similar results were found for distal radius trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) and connectivity density (Conn. D). They were predictive of all fracture types and increased the estimated fracture risk, but not AUC, in men who had incident fractures. Thus, poor distal radius trabecular microarchitecture is predictive of fracture after adjustment for age, BMI, falls, fractures, and aBMD. Although distal radius Tb.N, Conn. D, and Tb.Sp improve the discrimination between men who will or who will not have fracture, they do not provide clinically relevant improvement of fracture prediction in older men. © 2018 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Pawel Szulc
- INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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The mechanical properties of bone are fundamental to the ability of our skeletons to support movement and to provide protection to our vital organs. As such, deterioration in mechanical behavior with aging and/or diseases such as osteoporosis and diabetes can have profound consequences for individuals' quality of life. This article reviews current knowledge of the basic mechanical behavior of bone at length scales ranging from hundreds of nanometers to tens of centimeters. We present the basic tenets of bone mechanics and connect them to some of the arcs of research that have brought the field to recent advances. We also discuss cortical bone, trabecular bone, and whole bones, as well as multiple aspects of material behavior, including elasticity, yield, fracture, fatigue, and damage. We describe the roles of bone quantity (e.g., density, porosity) and bone quality (e.g., cross-linking, protein composition), along with several avenues of future research.
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- Elise F Morgan
- Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA;
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- Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA;
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- Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA;
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Sex-difference in bone architecture and bone fragility in Vietnamese. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7707. [PMID: 29769605 PMCID: PMC5955960 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study sought to define the sex-difference in trabecular and cortical bone parameters in Vietnamese individuals. The study involved 1404 women and 864 men aged between 20 and 86 years who were recruited from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Trabecular and cortical volumetric BMD were measured at the proximal tibia and proximal radius at 4%, 38%, and 66% points, using a peripheral quantitative computed tomography XCT2000 (Stratec, Germany). Polar strength strain index was estimated from cortical bone parameters. Changes in bone parameters were assessed by the multiple linear regression model. Among individuals aged 20–39 years, women had significantly lower peak trabecular BMD at both the radius (40%) and tibia (16%) than men, but the age-related reduction in trabecular BMD were similar between two sexes. For cortical BMD, peak values in women and men were comparable, but the age-related diminution was greater in women than men. At any age, polar strength strain index in women was lower than men, and the difference was mainly attributable to cortical bone area and total bone mass. We conclude that in the elderly, sex-related difference in trabecular BMD is originated during growth, but sex-related difference in cortical BMD is determined by differential age-related bone loss.
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Larger vertebral endplate concavities cause higher failure load and work at failure under high-rate impact loading of rabbit spinal explants. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2018; 80:104-110. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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DANESI VALENTINA, FALDINI CESARE, CRISTOFOLINI LUCA. METHODS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LONG-TERM MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF CEMENTS FOR VERTEBROPLASTY AND KYPHOPLASTY: CRITICAL REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS FOR TEST METHODS. J MECH MED BIOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519417300022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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There is a growing interest towards bone cements for use in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, as such spine procedures are becoming more and more common. Such cements feature different compositions, including both traditional acrylic cements and resorbable and bioactive materials. Due to the different compositions and intended use, the mechanical requirements of cements for spinal applications differ from those of traditional cements used in joint replacement. Because of the great clinical implications, it is very important to assess their long-term mechanical competence in terms of fatigue strength and creep. This paper aims at offering a critical overview of the methods currently adopted for such mechanical tests. The existing international standards and guidelines and the literature were searched for publications relevant to fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. While standard methods are available for traditional bone cements in general, no standard indicates specific methods or acceptance criteria for fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Similarly, a large number of papers were published on cements for joint replacements, but only few cover fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Furthermore, the literature was analyzed to provide some indications of tests parameters and acceptance criteria (number of cycles, duration in time, stress levels, acceptable amount of creep) for possible tests specifically relevant to cements for spinal applications.
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- VALENTINA DANESI
- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
- Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Università di Bologna — Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
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Jiang H, Yates CJ, Gorelik A, Kale A, Song Q, Wark JD. Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) Measures Contribute to the Understanding of Bone Fragility in Older Patients With Low-trauma Fracture. J Clin Densitom 2018; 21:140-147. [PMID: 28285742 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as currently used has limitations in identifying patients with osteoporosis and predicting occurrence of fracture. We aimed to express peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) variables of patients with low-trauma fracture as T-scores by using T-score scales obtained from healthy young women, and to evaluate the potential clinical utility of pQCT for the assessment of bone fragility. Fracture patients were recruited from a fracture liaison service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Reference pQCT data were obtained from studies on women's health conducted by our group. A study visit was arranged with fracture patients, during which DXA and pQCT were applied to measure their bone strength. A total of 59 fracture patients were recruited, and reference data were obtained from 78 healthy young females. All DXA variables and most pQCT variables were significantly different between healthy young females and fracture patients (p < 0.05), except polar stress-strain index (p = 0.34) and cortical bone density (p = 0.19). Fracture patients were divided into osteoporosis and non-osteoporosis groups according to their DXA T-scores. Significant differences were observed in most pQCT variables (p < 0.05), except trabecular area and cortical density (p > 0.9 and p = 0.5, respectively). By applying pQCT T-scores, 11 (27%) of patients who were classified as having low or medium risk of osteoporosis on DXA T-scores alone were reclassified as high risk. Results of logistic regression suggested trabecular bone density as an independent predictor of osteoporosis status. More patients can be identified with osteoporosis by applying pQCT T-score variables in older people with low-trauma fracture. Peripheral QCT T-scores contribute to the understanding of bone fragility in this population.
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- Hongyuan Jiang
- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Bone and Mineral Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne EpiCentre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Bone and Mineral Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Bone and Mineral Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Badilatti SD, Christen P, Ferguson SJ, Müller R. Computational modeling of long-term effects of prophylactic vertebroplasty on bone adaptation. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2017; 231:423-431. [PMID: 28427315 DOI: 10.1177/0954411916683222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Cement augmentation in vertebrae (vertebroplasty) is usually used to restore mechanical strength after spinal fracture but could also be used as a prophylactic treatment. So far, the mechanical competence has been determined immediately post-treatment, without considering long-term effects of bone adaptation. In this work, we investigated such long-term effects of vertebroplasty on the stiffness of the augmented bone by means of computational simulation of bone adaptation. Using micro-finite element analysis, we determined sites of increased mechanical stress (stress raisers) and stress shielding and, based on the simulations, regions with increased or decreased bone loss due to augmentation. Cement volumes connecting the end plates led to increased stress shielding and bone loss. The increased stiffness due to the augmentation, however, remained constant over the simulation time of 30 years. If the intervention was performed at an earlier time point, it did lead to more bone loss, but again, it did not affect long-term stability as this loss was compensated by bone gains in other areas. In particular, around the augmentation cement, bone structures were preserved, suggesting a long-term integration of the cement in the augmented bone. We conclude that, from a biomechanical perspective, the impact of vertebroplasty on the bone at the microstructural level is less detrimental than previously thought.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Bernard S, Monteiller V, Komatitsch D, Lasaygues P. Ultrasonic computed tomography based on full-waveform inversion for bone quantitative imaging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 62:7011-7035. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa7e5a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Beauchesne P, Agarwal SC. A multi-method assessment of bone maintenance and loss in an Imperial Roman population: Implications for future studies of age-related bone loss in the past. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2017; 164:41-61. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Patrick Beauchesne
- Department of Behavioral Sciences; University of Michigan; Dearborn Michigan
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- Department of Anthropology; University of California; Berkeley California
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Cesar R, Leivas TP, Pereira CAM, Boffa RS, Guarniero R, Reiff RBDM, Mandeli Netto A, Fortulan CA, Rollo JMDDA. Axial compressive strength of human vertebrae trabecular bones classified as normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic by quantitative ultrasonometry of calcaneus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/2446-4740.04116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- University of São Paulo, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology in Biofabrication, Brazil
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Chen M, Yuan H. Assessment of porosity index of the femoral neck and tibia by 3D ultra-short echo-time MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2017; 47:820-828. [PMID: 28561910 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Min Chen
- Department of Radiology; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing P.R. China
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Astragalus Extract Mixture HT042 Improves Bone Growth, Mass, and Microarchitecture in Prepubertal Female Rats: A Microcomputed Tomographic Study. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2017; 2017:5219418. [PMID: 28572830 PMCID: PMC5442337 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5219418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Astragalus extract mixture HT042 is a standardized multiherbal mixture comprising Astragalus membranaceus, Eleutherococcus senticosus, and Phlomis umbrosa, which has proven to promote children's height growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of HT042 on longitudinal bone growth, bone mass, and bone microstructure in growing rats using a high-resolution microcomputed tomography system. Four-week-old female rats were fed an HT042-containing diet for 2 weeks. Tibial length was measured at baseline and weekly in vivo. At the end of the study, volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and microarchitectural parameters were estimated in the trabecular and cortical bone of the tibia. Tibial length gain was significantly increased by HT042 compared to that reported with the control diet. In the proximal tibial metaphysis, HT042-treated rats had significantly higher trabecular vBMD, bone volume fraction, and trabecular number and lower trabecular separation, trabecular pattern factor, and structure model index values than control rats did. Total cross-sectional area and bone area of the cortical bone in the tibial diaphysis also increased. These findings suggest that HT042 increases longitudinal bone growth rate, improves trabecular bone mass, and enhances the microarchitecture of trabecular and cortical bone during growth.
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Janovic A, Milovanovic P, Hahn M, Rakocevic Z, Amling M, Busse B, Dimitrijevic M, Djuric M. Association between regional heterogeneity in the mid-facial bone micro-architecture and increased fragility along Le Fort lines. Dent Traumatol 2017; 33:300-306. [DOI: 10.1111/edt.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Aleksa Janovic
- Department of Radiology; Faculty of Dental Medicine; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
- Laboratory for Anthropology; Faculty of Medicine; Institute of Anatomy; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
- Department of Osteology & Biomechanics; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Germany
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- Laboratory for Anthropology; Faculty of Medicine; Institute of Anatomy; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
- Department of Osteology & Biomechanics; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Osteology & Biomechanics; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Radiology; Faculty of Dental Medicine; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
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- Department of Osteology & Biomechanics; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Osteology & Biomechanics; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Germany
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- Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery; Faculty of Medicine; Clinical Center of Serbia; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
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- Laboratory for Anthropology; Faculty of Medicine; Institute of Anatomy; University of Belgrade; Belgrade Serbia
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Nishimura AC, Russo GA. Does cortical bone thickness in the last sacral vertebra differ among tail types in primates? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2017; 162:757-767. [PMID: 28075029 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The external morphology of the sacrum is demonstrably informative regarding tail type (i.e., tail presence/absence, length, and prehensility) in living and extinct primates. However, little research has focused on the relationship between tail type and internal sacral morphology, a potentially important source of functional information when fossil sacra are incomplete. Here, we determine if cortical bone cross-sectional thickness of the last sacral vertebral body differs among tail types in extant primates and can be used to reconstruct tail types in extinct primates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cortical bone cross-sectional thickness in the last sacral vertebral body was measured from high-resolution CT scans belonging to 20 extant primate species (N = 72) assigned to tail type categories ("tailless," "nonprehensile short-tailed," "nonprehensile long-tailed," and "prehensile-tailed"). The extant dataset was then used to reconstruct the tail types for four extinct primate species. RESULTS Tailless primates had significantly thinner cortical bone than tail-bearing primates. Nonprehensile short-tailed primates had significantly thinner cortical bone than nonprehensile long-tailed primates. Cortical bone cross-sectional thickness did not distinguish between prehensile-tailed and nonprehensile long-tailed taxa. Results are strongly influenced by phylogeny. Corroborating previous studies, Epipliopithecus vindobonensis was reconstructed as tailless, Archaeolemur edwardsi as long-tailed, Megaladapis grandidieri as nonprehensile short-tailed, and Palaeopropithecus kelyus as nonprehensile short-tailed or tailless. CONCLUSIONS Results indicate that, in the context of phylogenetic clade, measures of cortical bone cross-sectional thickness can be used to allocate extinct primate species to tail type categories.
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- Abigail C Nishimura
- Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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- Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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Chalhoub D, Orwoll ES, Cawthon PM, Ensrud KE, Boudreau R, Greenspan S, Newman AB, Zmuda J, Bauer D, Cummings S, Cauley JA. Areal and volumetric bone mineral density and risk of multiple types of fracture in older men. Bone 2016; 92:100-106. [PMID: 27554426 PMCID: PMC5056840 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Although many studies have examined the association between low bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk in older men, none have simultaneously studied the relationship between multiple BMD sites and risk of different types of fractures. Using data from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men study, we evaluated the association between areal BMD (aBMD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and volumetric BMD (vBMD) by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) measurements, and different types of fractures during an average of 9.7years of follow-up. Men answered questionnaires about fractures every 4months (>97% completions). Fractures were confirmed by centralized review of radiographic reports; pathological fractures were excluded. Risk of fractures was assessed at the hip, spine, wrist, shoulder, rib/chest/sternum, ankle/foot/toe, arm, hand/finger, leg, pelvis/coccyx, skull/face and any non-spine fracture. Age and race adjusted Cox proportional-hazards modeling was used to assess the risk of fracture in 3301 older men with both aBMD (at the femoral neck (FN) and lumbar spine) and vBMD (at the trabecular spine and FN, and cortical FN) measurements, with hazard ratios (HRs) expressed per standard deviation (SD) decrease. Lower FN and spine aBMD were associated with an increased risk of fracture at the hip, spine, wrist, shoulder, rib/chest/sternum, arm, and any non-spine fracture (statistically significant HRs per SD decrease ranged from 1.24-3.57). Lower trabecular spine and FN vBMD were associated with increased risk of most fractures with statistically significant HRs ranging between 1.27 and 3.69. There was a statistically significant association between FN cortical vBMD and fracture risk at the hip (HR=1.55) and spine sites (HR=1.26), but no association at other fracture sites. In summary, both lower aBMD and vBMD were associated with increased fracture risk. The stronger associations observed for trabecular vBMD than cortical vBMD may reflect the greater metabolic activity of the trabecular compartment.
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- Didier Chalhoub
- Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, United States.
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- Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, United States.
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- California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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- University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Alkalay RN, Harrigan TP. Mechanical assessment of the effects of metastatic lytic defect on the structural response of human thoracolumbar spine. J Orthop Res 2016; 34:1808-1819. [PMID: 26748564 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To investigate the effects of a clinical lytic defect on the structural response of human thoracolumbar functional spinal unit. A novel CT-compatible mechanical test system was used to image the deformation of a T12-L1 motion segment and measure the change in strain response under compressive loads ranging from 50 to 750 N. A lytic lesion (LM) with cortex involvement (33% by volume) was introduced to the upper vertebral body and the CT experiments were repeated. Finite element models, established from the CT volumes, were used to investigate the defect's effects on the structural response and the state of principal and shear stresses within the affected and adjacent vertebrae. The lytic lesion resulted in severe loss of the vertebral structural competence, resulting in significant, non-linear, and asymmetric increase in the experimentally measured strains and computed stresses within both vertebrae (p < 0.01). At the cortex, the tensile strains were significantly increased, while compressive strains significantly decreased, (p < 0.05). Both the vertebral bone and cortex regions adjacent to the defect showed significant increase in computed compressive, tensile, and shear stresses (p < 0.01). Changes in stress and strain distribution within the affected and adjacent vertebral bone and the experimentally observed bulging and buckling of the vertebral cortices suggested that initiation of catastrophic vertebral failure may occur under load magnitudes encountered in daily living. Although the effect of LM on the global deformation of the spine was well-predicted, our results show that FE predictions of local strain changes must be carefully assessed for clinical relevance. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:1808-1819, 2016.
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- Ron N Alkalay
- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215.
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road Laurel, Maryland, 20723
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Roux JP, Belghali S, Wegrzyn J, Rendu ES, Chapurlat R. Vertebral body morphology is associated with incident lumbar vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. The OFELY study. Osteoporos Int 2016; 27:2507-13. [PMID: 26957288 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3558-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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UNLABELLED We investigate the predictive role of vertebral anterior cortical curvature and height heterogeneity in the occurrence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women. Women who will fracture had shorter vertebral height, greater heterogeneity of height than those who will not fracture, and their anterior vertebral body edge was less concave. INTRODUCTION Vertebral morphology has been demonstrated to be associated with further risk of fracture. The aim of this study was to analyze vertebral anterior cortical curvature (Ct.curv) and vertebral height heterogeneity in postmenopausal women before the occurrence of a vertebral fracture. METHODS This case-control study included 29 postmenopausal women who have underwent incident lumbar vertebral fractures (mean age 71 ± 9 years, mean time to fractures 9 ± 4 years), age-matched with 57 controls. From lateral X-rays of lumbar spine radiographs (T12 to L4), the following parameters were measured: (1) the posterior, middle, and anterior vertebral heights; (2) the heterogeneity of heights evaluated by the coefficient of variation of these three variables; (3) antero-posterior width, a 2D estimator of cross-sectional area; and (4) Ct.curv. RESULTS Mean vertebral heights were significantly lower among women who fractured than in controls (p < 0.05). The anterior and middle heights were significantly lower at L4 and L3 levels in fracture group (p = 0.02). The heterogeneity of vertebral height was significantly greater in the fracture group (p = 0.003). In addition, fractured patients had a significantly higher Ct.curv on L3 (p = 0.04). After adjustment for bone mineral density (BMD), only the heterogeneity of vertebral height remained significant (p = 0.005). CONCLUSION The current case-control study confirmed the association between vertebral height and occurrence of future vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. The vertebrae with the smallest Ct.curv tended to fracture less often, and the heterogeneity of vertebral heights was associated with future fracture independently of BMD. An additional validation in a prospective study would be needed to confirm these initial results.
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- J P Roux
- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery-Pavillon T, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Popp AW, Zysset PK, Lippuner K. Rebound-associated vertebral fractures after discontinuation of denosumab-from clinic and biomechanics. Osteoporos Int 2016; 27:1917-21. [PMID: 26694598 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3458-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED Rebound-associated vertebral fractures may follow treatment discontinuation of highly potent reversible bone antiresorptives, resulting from the synergy of rapid bone resorption and accelerated microdamage accumulation in trabecular bone. INTRODUCTION The purposes of this study are to characterize rebound-associated vertebral fractures following the discontinuation of a highly potent reversible antiresorptive therapy based on clinical observation and propose a pathophysiological rationale. METHODS This study is a case report of multiple vertebral fractures early after discontinuation of denosumab therapy in a patient with hormone receptor-positive non-metastatic breast cancer treated with an aromatase inhibitor. RESULTS Discontinuation of highly potent reversible bone antiresorptives such as denosumab may expose patients to an increased fracture risk due to the joined effects of absent microdamage repair during therapy followed by synchronous excess activation of multiple bone remodelling units at the time of loss-of-effect. We suggest the term rebound-associated vertebral fractures (RVF) for this phenomenon characterized by the presence of multiple new clinical vertebral fractures, associated with either no or low trauma, in a context consistent with the presence of high bone turnover and rapid loss of lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) occurring within 3 to 12 months after discontinuation (loss-of-effect) of a reversible antiresorptive therapy in the absence of secondary causes of bone loss or fractures. Unlike atypical femoral fractures that emerge from failure of microdamage repair in cortical bone with long-term antiresorptive treatment, RVF originate from the synergy of rapid bone resorption and accelerated microdamage accumulation in trabecular bone triggered by the discontinuation of highly potent reversible antiresorptives. CONCLUSIONS Studies are urgently needed to i) prove the underlying pathophysiological processes suggested above, ii) establish the predictive criteria exposing patients to an increased risk of RVF, and iii) determine appropriate treatment regimens to be applied in such patients.
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- A W Popp
- Department of Osteoporosis, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Osteoporosis, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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Cervinka T, Sievänen H, Lala D, Cheung AM, Giangregorio L, Hyttinen J. A new algorithm to improve assessment of cortical bone geometry in pQCT. Bone 2015; 81:721-730. [PMID: 26428659 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) is now considered the leading imaging modality in bone research. However, access to HR-pQCT is limited and image acquisition is mainly constrained only for the distal third of appendicular bones. Hence, the conventional pQCT is still commonly used despite inaccurate threshold-based segmentation of cortical bone that can compromise the assessment of whole bone strength. Therefore, this study addressed whether the use of an advanced image processing algorithm, called OBS, can enhance the cortical bone analysis in pQCT images and provide similar information to HR-pQCT when the same volumes of interest are analyzed. Using pQCT images of European Forearm Phantom (EFP), and pQCT and HR-pQCT images of the distal tibia from 15 cadavers, we compared the results from the OBS algorithm with those obtained from common pQCT analyses, HR-pQCT manual analysis (considered as a gold standard) and common HR-pQCT analysis dual threshold technique.We found that the use of OBS segmentation method for pQCT image analysis of EFP data did not result in any improvement but reached similar performance in cortical bone delineation as did HR-pQCT image analyses. The assessments of cortical cross-sectional bone area and thickness by OBS algorithm were overestimated by less than 4% while area moments of inertia were overestimated by ~5–10%, depending on reference HR-pQCT analysis method. In conclusion, this study showed that the OBS algorithm performed reasonably well and it offers a promising practical tool to enhance the assessment of cortical bone geometry in pQCT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomas Cervinka
- Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, 33720 Tampere, Finland; Institute of Bioscience and Medical Technology (BioMediTech), Tampere, Finland.
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- Bone Research Group, UKK Institute, Kaupinpuistonkatu 1, 33500 Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, London, Canada.
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- Centre of Excellence in Skeletal Health Assessment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
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- Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, 33720 Tampere, Finland; Institute of Bioscience and Medical Technology (BioMediTech), Tampere, Finland.
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Christiansen BA, Emami AJ, Fyhrie DP, Satkunananthan PB, Hardisty MR. Trabecular bone loss at a distant skeletal site following noninvasive knee injury in mice. J Biomech Eng 2015; 137:1918235. [PMID: 25322065 DOI: 10.1115/1.4028824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Traumatic injuries can have systemic consequences, as the early inflammatory response after trauma can lead to tissue destruction at sites not affected by the initial injury. This systemic catabolism may occur in the skeleton following traumatic injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. However, bone loss following injury at distant,unrelated skeletal sites has not yet been established. In the current study, we utilized a mouse knee injury model to determine whether acute knee injury causes a mechanically significant trabecular bone loss at a distant, unrelated skeletal site (L5 vertebral body).Knee injury was noninvasively induced using either high-speed (HS; 500 mm/s) or lowspeed(LS; 1 mm/s) tibial compression overload. HS injury creates an ACL rupture by midsubstance tear, while LS injury creates an ACL rupture with an associated avulsion bone fracture. At 10 days post-injury, vertebral trabecular bone structure was quantified using high-resolution microcomputed tomography (lCT), and differences in mechanical properties were determined using finite element modeling (FEM) and compressive mechanical testing. We hypothesized that knee injury would initiate a loss of trabecular bone structure and strength at the L5 vertebral body. Consistent with our hypothesis, we found significant decreases in trabecular bone volume fraction (BV/TV) and trabecular number at the L5 vertebral body in LS injured mice compared to sham (8.8% and 5.0%, respectively), while HS injured mice exhibited a similar, but lower magnitude response (5.1% and 2.5%, respectively). Contrary to our hypothesis, this decrease intrabecular bone structure did not translate to a significant deficit in compressive stiffness or ultimate load of the full trabecular body assessed by mechanical testing or FEM. However,we were able to detect significant decreases in compressive stiffness in both HS and LS injured specimens when FE models were loaded directly through the trabecular bone region (9.9% and 8.1%, and 3, respectively). This finding may be particularly important for osteoporotic fracture risk, as damage within vertebral bodies has been shown to initiate within the trabecular bone compartment. Altogether, these data point to a systemic trabecular bone loss as a consequence of fracture or traumatic musculoskeletal injury, which may be an underlying mechanism contributing to increased risk of refracture following an initial injury. This finding may have consequences for treatment of acute musculoskeletal injuries and the prevention of future bone fragility.
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