Calcaneus ultrasonometry and dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry for the evaluation of vertebral fracture risk

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Frediani, B ^a   Acciai, C ^a   Falsetti, P ^a   Baldi, F ^a   Filippou, G ^a   Siagkri, C ^a   Spreafico, A ^a   Galeazzi, M ^a   Marcolongo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Osteoporosis; T score; Ultrasonometry; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750558284     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-005-0098-4     Document Type: Article

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