Ultrasound measurements for the prediction of osteoporotic fractures in elderly people

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 550-556

  Pluijm, S M F ^a   Graafmans, W C ^a   Bouter, L M ^a,b   Lips, P ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Calcaneus; Fractures; Predictors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GENDER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032766025     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050275     Document Type: Article

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