The clinical utility of measured kyphosis as a predictor of the presence of vertebral deformities

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 621-627

  Prince, R L ^a,b   Devine, A ^a,c   Dick, I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Morphometric X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Vertebral deformity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34047115273     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0289-5     Document Type: Article

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