Biomechanical Mechanisms: Resolving the Apparent Conundrum of Why Individuals With Type II Diabetes Show Increased Fracture Incidence Despite Having Normal BMD

Abstract

The article in this issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research by Farr and colleagues(1) highlights how clinical technologies enable our ability to identify biomechanical mechanisms contributing to musculoskeletal health and disease. Given that fractures are a mechanical event, establishing biomechanical mechanisms is as important as establishing molecular mechanisms to advance our understanding of how a disease condition ultimately leads to increased risk of fracturing.