DXA of the hip and heel ultrasound but not densitometry of the fingers can discriminate female hip fracture patients from controls: A comparison between four different methods

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Ekman, A ^a   Michaelsson K ^a   Petren Mallmin M ^a   Ljunghall, S ^a   Mallmin, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DXA; Heel ultrasound; Hip fracture; Phalangeal ultrasonography; Radiographic absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEEL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FINGERS; HEEL; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035074885     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170128     Document Type: Article

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