Ultrasound analyses of the calcaneous predict relative risk of the presence of at least one vertebral fracture and reflect different physical qualities of bone in different regions of the skeleton

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-79

  Pfeifer, M ^a,b   Pollaehne, W ^a   Minne, H W ^a  

^a Bad Pyrmonter Inst Clin O   (Germany)

^b Clinic der Fuerstenhof   (Germany)

Author keywords

bone mineral density (BMD); broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA); relative risk of vertebral fracture (RR Vertebral Fracture); speed of sound (SOS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030615277     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978990     Document Type: Article

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