Coxarthrosis, Fracture of Femoral Neck
Conditions
Brief summary
Zink and bone strength
Detailed description
blood- and urine samples collected from 20 OA patients and 20 osteoporosis patients who all had a hip-replacement. All patients were evaluated by DEXA-scanning.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Postmenopausal women with osteoarthrosis or femoral neck-fracture i one hip
Exclusion criteria
pathology or prosthesis in contralateral hip
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed