Ultrasound velocity and cortical bone characteristics in vivo

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-405

  Sievanen H ^a   Cheng, S ^b   Ollikainen, S ^b   Uusi Rasi, K ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone strength; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Quantitative ultrasound; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034963825     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170109     Document Type: Article

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