1. Aging and bone quality: An underexplored frontier

   • Sherry Sherman
   • Evan C. Hadley

   Editorial Pages: S1 - S1

2. Overview of fracture pathogenesis

   • A. Michael Parfitt

   Session I Pages: S2 - S2

3. Is there a role for bone quality in fragility fractures?

   • Robert P. Heaney

   Session I Pages: S3 - S6

4. When bone mass fails to predict bone failure

   • Susan M. Ott

   Session I Pages: S7 - S13

5. Role of trabecular morphology in the etiology of age-related vertebral fractures

   • B. D. Snyder
   • S. Piazza
   • W. C. Hayes

   Session I Pages: S14 - S22

6. The epidemiology of fragility fractures: Is there a role for bone quality?

   • Cyrus Cooper

   Session I Pages: S23 - S26

7. Bone quality: A determinant for certain risk factors for bone fragility

   • Christine M. Schnitzler

   Session I Pages: S27 - S31

8. Age, bone material properties, and bone strength

   • Charles Turner

   Session II Pages: S32 - S33

9. Aging and strength of bone as a structural material

   • Bruce Martin

   Session II Pages: S34 - S40

10. Age-related changes in female femoral neck geometry: Implications for bone strength

    • Thomas J. Beck
    • Christopher B. Ruff
    • Khem Bissessur

    Session II Pages: S41 - S46

11. A new theory of bone lamellation

    • Gastone Marotti

    Session II Pages: S47 - S56

12. Age and disease-related changes in the mineral of bone

    • M. Grynpas

    Session II Pages: S57 - S64

13. General discussion

    Session II Pages: S65 - S66

14. Fatigue and bone fragility

    • Mitchell Schaffler

    Session III Pages: S67 - S67

15. Safety factors in bone strength

    • Andrew A. Biewener

    Session III Pages: S68 - S74

16. Remodeling and the repair of fatigue damage

    • David B. Burr

    Session III Pages: S75 - S81

17. Bone age, mineral density, and fatigue damage

    • A. Michael Parfitt

    Session III Pages: S82 - S86

18. General discussion

    Session III Pages: S87 - S88

19. Model systems for regulation of bone remodeling

    • Lawrence Raisz

    Session IV Pages: S89 - S89

20. Systemic and local factors and the maintenance of bone quality

    • Ernesto Canalis

    Session IV Pages: S90 - S93

21. Role of cytokines in the regulation of bone resorption

    • G. David Roodman

    Session IV Pages: S94 - S98

22. General Discussion

    Session IV Pages: S99 - S99

23. Osteocyte function and bone strength

    • Clinton Rubin

    Session V Pages: S100 - S101

24. Osteocytes, strain detection, bone modeling and remodeling

    • L. E. Lanyon

    Session V Pages: S102 - S107

25. Bone remodeling in hip fracture

    • Jonathan Reeve
    • Joan M. Zanelli
    • Terry Smith

    Session V Pages: S108 - S112

26. Osteocyte death and hip fracture

    • Colin R. Dunstan
    • Nicole M. Somers
    • Richard A. Evans

    Session V Pages: S113 - S117

27. General Discussion

    Session V Pages: S118 - S119

28. Trabecular architecture and bone strength

    • Bruce Martin

    Session VI Pages: S120 - S120

29. Vertebral structure and strengthIn vivo andIn vitro

    • Lis Mosekilde

    Session VI Pages: S121 - S126

30. Measurement and significance of three-dimensional architecture to the mechanical integrity of trabecular bone

    • Steven A. Goldstein
    • Robert Goulet
    • Doris McCubbrey

    Session VI Pages: S127 - S133

31. Bone mass and beyond: Risk factors for fractures

    • Philip D. Ross
    • James W. Davis
    • Richard D. Wasnich

    Session VI Pages: S134 - S138

32. Architecture and vertebral fracture

    • Robert R. Recker

    Session VI Pages: S139 - S142

33. Trabecular microfracture

    • Nicola L. Fazzalari

    Session VI Pages: S143 - S147

34. General discussion

    Session VI Pages: S148 - S149

35. Clinical assessment of bone quality

    • Robert Heaney

    Session VII Pages: S150 - S150

36. Clinical determination of bone quality: Is ultrasound an answer?

    • Gary H. Brandenburger

    Session VII Pages: S151 - S156

37. Ultrasound study of bonein vitro

    • Peter P. Antich

    Session VII Pages: S157 - S161

38. Potential role of nuclear magnetic resonance for the evaluation of trabecular bone quality

    • Felix W. Wehrli
    • John C. Ford
    • Hernan Jara

    Session VII Pages: S162 - S169

39. The assessment of vertebral bone macroarchitecture with x-ray computed tomography

    • Michael J. Flynn
    • Dianna D. Cody

    Session VII Pages: S170 - S175

40. Conclusion: Research prospects and initiatives

    • A. Michael Parfitt
    • Charles Turner
    • Bruce Martin

    Session VIII Pages: S176 - S180