Can the WHO criteria for diagnosing osteoporosis be applied to calcaneal quantitative ultrasound?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-330

  Frost, M L ^a   Blake, G M ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; T scores

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034123748     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070121     Document Type: Article

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