Ultrasound measurements in the calcaneus: Precision and its relation with bone mineral density of the heel, hip, and lumbar spine

Bone

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Graafmans, W C ^a,c   Lingen, A V ^a   Ooms, M E ^a   Bezemer, P D ^b   Lips, P ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DXA; Fractures; Heel bone; Osteoporosis; Ultrasound attenuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030220103     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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