Biomechanical effects of menopause in ovariectomized rats' femurs

Okyay A. G., Kavak S., Turktas U., Alkış İ., Guner S., Aksakal B.

GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol.30, no.1, pp.62-65, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/09513590.2013.854767
  • Journal Name: GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.62-65
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the biomechanical changes in rat bones occurred by surgical menopause and to search for correlation between biomechanical test results and bone mineral density (BMD) measurements.