Accuracy of physical examination using the rib-pelvis distance for detection of lumbar vertebral fractures

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Siminoski, Kerry ^a   Warshawski, Robert S ^a   Jen, Ho ^a   Lee, Kwok Choy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RIBS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0042914533     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00299-7     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Cummings S.R., Melton L.J. Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures. Lancet. 359:2002;1761-1767.
2. Cooper C., Atkinson E.J., O'Fallon W.M., Melton L.J. Incidence of clinically diagnosed vertebral fractures a population-based study in Rochester, Minnesota, 1985-1989 . J Bone Miner Res. 7:1992;221-227.
3. Ross P.D. Clinical consequences of vertebral fractures. Am J Med. 103:(suppl 2A):1997;30S-43S.
4. Ross P.D., Davis J.W., Epstein R.S., Wasnich R.D. Pain and disability associated with new vertebral fractures and other spinal conditions. J Clin Epidemiol. 47:1994;231-239.
5. Nevitt M.C., Thompson D.E., Black D.M., et al. Effect of alendronate on limited-activity days and bed-disability days caused by back pain in postmenopausal women with existing vertebral fractures. Arch Intern Med. 160:2000;77-85.
6. Gehlbach S.H., Bigelow C., Heimisdottir M., et al. Recognition of vertebral fractures in a clinical setting. Osteoporos Int. 11:2000;577-582.
7. Cauley J.A., Thompson D.E., Ensrud K.C., et al. Risk of mortality following clinical fractures. Osteoporos Int. 11:2000;556-561.
8. Greendale G.A., Barrett-Connor E., Ingles S., Haile R. Late physical and functional effects of osteoporotic fractures in women the Rancho Bernardo study . J Am Geriatr Soc. 43:1995;955-961.
9. Lips P., Cooper C., Agnusdei D., et al. Quality of life in patients with vertebral fracture validation of the quality of life questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO) . Osteoporos Int. 10:1999;150-160.
10. Adachi J.D., Ioannidis G., Berger C., et al. The influence of osteoporotic fractures on health-related quality of life in community-dwelling men and women across Canada. Osteoporos Int. 12:2001;903-908.
11. Ismail A.A., Cooper C., Felsenberg D., et al. Number and type of vertebral deformities epidemiological characteristics and relation to back pain and height loss . Osteoporosis Int. 9:1999;206-213.
12. Ettinger B., Black D.M., Nevitt M.C., et al. Contribution of vertebral deformities to chronic back pain and disability. J Bone Miner Res. 7:1992;449-456.
13. Kleerekoper M., Nelson D.A., Peterson E.L., Tilley B.C. Outcome variables in osteoporosis trials. Bone. 13:(suppl):1992;S29-S34.
14. Spector T.D., McCloskey E.V., Doyle D.V., Kanis J.A. Prevalence of vertebral fracture in women and the relationship with bone density and symptoms the Chingford Study . J Bone Miner Res. 8:1993;817-822.
15. Gunnes M., Lehmann E.H., Mellstrom D., Johnell O. The relationship between anthropometric measurements and fractures in women. Bone. 19:1996;407-413.
16. Culham E.G., Jimenez H.A.I., King C.E. Thoracic kyphosis, rib mobility, and lung volumes in normal women and women with osteoporosis. Spine. 19:1994;1250-1255.
17. Leidig-Bruckner G., Minne H.W., Schlaich C., et al. Clinical grading of spinal osteoporosis quality of life components and spinal deformity in women with chronic low back pain and women with vertebral osteoporosis . J Bone Miner Res. 12:1997;663-675.
18. Kanis J.A. Osteoporosis and its consequences. Kanis J.A. Osteoporosis. 1994;1-21 Blackwell Science, Oxford.
19. Sklarin P.M., Shoback D.M., Langman C.B. History and physical examination. Favus M.J. Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism. 4th ed :1999;113-115 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York.
20. Coe F.L., Favus M.J. Clinical and laboratory approach to the patient with disorders of bone and mineral metabolism. Coe F.L., Favus M.J. Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 1992;435-441 Raven Press, New York.
21. Kleerekoper M. The evaluation of patients with osteoporosis. Marcus R., Feldman D., Kelsey J. Osteoporosis. 1996;1013-1018 Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
22. Genant H.K., Wu C.Y., van Kuijk C., Nevitt M.C. Vertebral fracture assessment using a semiquantitative technique. J Bone Miner Res. 8:1993;1137-1148.
23. Grados F., Roux C., de Vernejoul M.C., et al. Comparison of four morphometric definitions and a semiquantitative consensus reading for assessing prevalent vertebral fractures. Osteoporos Int. 12:2001;716-722.
24. Assessing vertebral fractures. J Bone Miner Res. 10:1995;518-523.
25. Smith-Bindman R., Cummings S.R., Steiger P., Genant H.K. A comparison of morphometric definitions of vertebral fracture. J Bone Miner Res. 6:1991;25-34.
26. Melton L.J., Kan S.H., Frye M.A., et al. Epidemiology of vertebral fractures in women. Am J Epidemiol. 129:1989;1000-1011.
27. Kanis J.A., Delmas P., Burckhardt P., et al. Guidelines for diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int. 7:1997;390-406.