Bone Strain Index

Although bone density (BMD) is considered a good indicator of bone strength, many fractures occur with mild osteopenia or within the normal range. In order to better evaluate the fracture risk, it is therefore necessary to consider other parameters, clinical and densitometric, which influence bone strength.

Bone Strain Index is a Medical Device Software that provides information on bone stress and deformation according to the specific patient.

Although it has been known for a long time that the phenomena of fracture and bone remodeling are driven by deformation, the role of the latter in the specific clinical context is still the subject of research.

In this regard, various collaborations are active to refine the calculations underlying the software and improve their clinical interpretation according to the specific application.

The Bone Strain Index software combines the automatic calculation of strain on the femur and lumbar spine based on Finite Element Models, a useful interface for data classification and basic statistics.