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Study of human radius construction systematics: evaluation by DXA in dry bone

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This study has been undertaken in order to describe the bone mass distribution of the dry human radius via dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) with a Norland XR-800 densitometer machine. A sample of 39 dry radius bones was used. Two projections were made: antero-posterior and lateral, and five regions of interest were selected. The bone densities and the bone mineral contents of the various regions of the radius in the two projections were compared using Student’s t tests for paired samples, with statistically significant differences being found in all of the values, except in the proximal extremity (P Ext). The area of greatest bone mineral content (BMC) was the medial diaphysis (M Diaph), followed by the distal extremity (D Ext), with the lowest value being found in the proximal extremity (P Ext). As for bone mineral density (BMD), a great symmetry is observed if we take the mean point of the longitudinal axis as a reference, with it being distributed from highest to lowest from the central part to the extremities. A correlation study of the BMD and BMC values between the segments themselves and with the total, in both positions, provides us with a high correlation (p ≤ 0.01), with the highest correlation value being found for the proximal diaphysis (P Diaph) region, indicating the heterogeneous nature of the distribution of the radius bone mass. Bone densitometry via DXA is useful in order to establish an overview of the structural construction of the human radius.

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    Soledad Aguado-Henche, Pascual Morante-Martínez & Celia Clemente de Arriba

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Aguado-Henche, S., Morante-Martínez, P., Cristóbal-Aguado, S. et al. Study of human radius construction systematics: evaluation by DXA in dry bone. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 29, 389–396 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-018-2311-y

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