ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2021
Patterns of Load-to-Strength Ratios Along the Spine in a Population-Based Cohort to Evaluate the Contribution of Spinal Loading to Vertebral Fractures.
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Abstract
Vertebral fractures (VFx) are common among older adults. Epidemiological studies report high occurrence of VFx at mid-thoracic and thoracolumbar regions of the spine; however, reasons for this observation remain poorly understood. Prior reports of high ratios of spinal loading to vertebral strength in the thoracolumbar region suggest a possible biomechanical explanation. However, no studies have evaluated load-to-strength ratios (LSRs) throughout the spine for a large number of activities in a sizeable cohort. Thus, we performed a cross-sectional study in a sample of adult men and women from a population-based cohort to: 1) determine which activities cause the largest vertebral LSRs, and 2) examine patterns of LSRs along the spine for these high-load activities. We used subject-specific musculoskeletal models of the trunk to determine vertebral compressive loads for 109 activities in 250 individuals (aged 41 to 90 years, 50% women) from the Framingham Heart Study. Vertebral compressive strengths from T
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