Quantitative ultrasound and bone densitometry to evaluate the risk of nonspine fractures: A prospective study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 518-523

  Gnudi, S ^a   Ripamonti, C ^a   Malavolta, N ^b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Non spine fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033848280     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070095     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. The measurement of broadband ultrasonic attenuation in cancellous bone
2. The role of ultrasound in the assessment of osteoporosis: A review
3. Utility of ultrasound to assess risk of fracture
4. Ultrasonographic bone velocity in pregnancy: A longitudinal study
5. The relationship between bone mineral density and ultrasound in postmenopausal and osteoporotic women
6. Ultrasound discriminates patients with hip fracture equally well as dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and independently of bone mineral density
7. Ultrasound in the evaluation of osteoporosis: A comparison with bone mineral density at distal radius
8. The combined use of ultrasound and densitometry in the prediction of vertebral fracture
9. Ultrasound speed in equine cortical bone: Effects of orientation, density, porosity and temperature
10. Three quantitative ultrasound parameters reflect bone structure
11. Quantitative ultrasound techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis: Expert agreement on current status
12. Fracture risk as determined by prospective and retrospective study designs
13. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the heel predicts wrist and osteoporosis related fractures in women age 45-75 years
14. Ultrasonographic heel measurement to predict hip fracture in elderly women: The EPIDOS prospective study
15. Broadband ultrasound attenuation predicts fractures strongly and independently of densitometry in older women
16. Three-year longitudinal study with quantitative ultrasound at the hand phalanx in a female population
17. Prediction of hip fracture in elderly women: A prospective study
18. The epidemiology of quantitative ultrasound: A review of the relationship with bone mass, osteoporosis and fracture risk
19. Bone density in women: A modified procedure for measurement of distal radius density
20. Ultrasound in the evaluation of bone fragility caused by osteoporosis: A comparison between different sites of measurement
21. Bone mineral density predicts non-spine fractures in very elderly women. Study of the Osteoporotic Fracture Research Group
22. A comparison of single and multi-site BMC measurements for assessment of spine fracture probability
23. A single density measurement can predict fractures over 25 years
24. Ultrasound analyses of the calcaneus 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
25. Quantitative ultrasound bone measurement