Calcaneal ultrasound predicts early postmenopausal fractures as well as axial BMD. A prospective study of 422 women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-195

  Huopio, J ^a   Kroger H ^a   Honkanen, R ^b   Jurvelin, J ^a   Saarikoski, S ^a   Alhava, E ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fracture prediction; Perimenopausal; Prospective studies; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BROADBAND ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; CALCANEUS; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSAL FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPEED OF SOUND; STIFFNESS INDEX;

BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642409936     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1534-9     Document Type: Article

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