Assessment of a new quantitative ultrasound calcaneus measurement: Precision and discrimination of hip fractures in elderly women compared with dual X-ray absorptiometry

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-360

  He, Y Q ^a   Fan, B ^a   Hans, D ^a   Li, J ^a   Wu, C Y ^a   Njeh, C F ^a,b   Zhao, S ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Tsuda Futami, E ^a   Fuerst, T ^a   Genant, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034043310     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070125     Document Type: Article

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