Journal
BONE
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 147-152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(99)00253-7
Keywords
bone quality; damage; vertebrae; trabecular bone; gender; age; race
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR 41210, AR 40776, R21 AR060445, R01 AR041210] Funding Source: Medline
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Accumulation of microdamage in vivo may lead to loss of bone quality. Until recently, linear microcracks were the only known form of in vivo microdamage, but through the use of confocal microscopy an additional level of damage (diffuse damage) has been identified. In this study, in vivo diffuse damage was characterized and quantified in human vertebral trabecular bone as a function of tissue morphology, age, race, gender, and previously quantified in vivo linear microcracks, Presence of diffuse damage in human vertebral tissue was confirmed and validated by simultaneous use of polarized, ultraviolet, and laser confocal microscopy, Diffuse damage was found to occur preferentially within trabecular packets rather than in interstitial bone (p < 0.05), It was consistently higher in men compared with nomen (p < 0.05), but was not different by race or age group, Diffuse damage did not correlate with linear microcracks, but both exhibited the same probability distribution in which the percentage of individuals having a particular amount of damage decreased exponentially as damage content increased. These findings suggest that diffuse damage accumulation and repair are governed by the same biological phenomena as microcracks, but diffuse damage contributes independently to the microdamage content of bone. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc, All rights reserved.
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