Bone Abstracts

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of age, sex, location of injury, physical activity, dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D on injury outcome in otherwise healthy children.Materials: This study was a cross-sectional prospective study. Children aged 6 to 15 years who presented to the Emergency Department of a single tertiary paediatric referral hospital were recruited. Children were included it they were known not to have underl...

Background: Vibration analysis is a well-established technique in industry to analyse materials physical properties. The application to bone’s physical properties is unclear. This study investigated the relationship between bone vibration frequency and mass:volume ratio (ρ).Methods: We used eight turkey bones (tibio tursus). Following soft tissue removal, a 12 cm diaphyseal section was isolated, marrow removed using a water jet and the...