Left–right differences in the proximal femur’s strength of post-menopausal women: a multicentric finite element study

The strength of both femurs was estimated in 198 post-menopausal women through subject-specific finite element models. Important random differences between contralateral femurs were found in a significant number of subjects, pointing to the usefulness of further studies to understand if strength-based classification of patients at risk of fracture can be affected by laterality issues.Significant, although small, differences exist in mineral...