Soft tissue stiffness over the hip increases with age and its implication in hip fracture risk in older adults

Risk of hip fracture depends on the bone strength as well as the impact force delivered to the proximal femur during falls, and femoral soft tissue may help to reduce the hip fracture risk by attenuating the impact force. Femoral soft tissue stiffness was measured from a large sample, and compared h...

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Published in:Journal of biomechanics 2019-08, Vol.93, p.28-33
Main Authors: Lim, K.T., Choi, W.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Biomechanics
Biomedical materials
Bone strength
Falls
Females
Femur
Fractures
Hip
Hip fracture
Impact loads
Indentation
Injury prevention
Middle age
Older adults
Older people
Protectors
Regression analysis
Risk
Soft tissue
Soft tissues
Standard deviation
Stiffness
Surgical implants
Trochanter
Young adults
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Summary:Risk of hip fracture depends on the bone strength as well as the impact force delivered to the proximal femur during falls, and femoral soft tissue may help to reduce the hip fracture risk by attenuating the impact force. Femoral soft tissue stiffness was measured from a large sample, and compared how this was affected by age, gender and site. One hundred fifty healthy individuals (fifty-two young (aged between 19 and 29), forty-eight middle-aged (30–64), and fifty old (over 65)) participated. Each age group included an equal number of males and females. Using an automated hand-held indentation device, soft tissue stiffness was measured over twelve sites with respect to the greater trochanter (GT). For both left and right hips, the stiffness was associated with age (p 
ISSN:0021-9290
1873-2380
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.06.002