In 1983, archaeologists were excavating a cave in South Africa when they came across a strange-looking femur bone. It dated back 7,000 years ago and belonged to some kind of antelope. X-rays ...

A recent study has uncovered a potential breakthrough in treating osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), a debilitating ...

The following is a summary of “Association between A body shape index and bone mineral density in middle-aged and elderly ...

They also noted that denser bone that formed the hip joint, above the femur, experienced very little bone loss, strongly suggesting that the bone loss in the femur was most likely due to the ...

"The bone is all healed and everything is sort of ... Brooke Shields Hit 'Another Plateau' in Her Recovery from a Broken Femur: 'A Lot of Weakness' Shields also revealed that recovery has been ...

Internal fixation of the femoral bone was achieved with an AO plate and screw (Figure 9A,B). The patient recovered and was discharged on March 24, 2000. She was told to limit weight-bearing for ...

and stage V hips displayed complete disassociation of the articular surface from the underlying subchondral bone and delamination of the femoral head. Stage VI hips displayed profound degenerative ...

We measured bone mineral content (BMC) and bone area at the lumbar spine, total body, and proximal femur. Proximal femur scans were also analysed for bone geometry and structural strength using the ...

Chondrosarcoma can grow inside a bone or on the bone surface. They are most commonly found in the long bones such as the fibula, femur, tibia, humerus, radius and ulna. There are some other types of ...

The skeletal system is made from bones and joints. The femur bone in the thigh is the longest and strongest bone in the body. The smallest bones in the body are called the ossicles in the ear.