Assessment of femoral bone fragility and fracture risk by ultrasonic measurements at the calcaneus

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-238

  Boonen, Steven ^a   Nicholson, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone fragility; Calcaneus; Hip fracture risk osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CALCANEUS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031958943     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.231     Document Type: Article

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