Quantitative Ultrasound Calcaneous Measurements: Normative Data for the Italian Population. The ESOPO Study

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-346

  Maggi, S ^a   Noale, M ^a   Gonnelli, S ^b   Nuti, R ^b   Di Munno, O ^c   de Feo, D ^d   Giannini, S ^a   Varenna, M ^e   Rossini, M ^f   Gandolini, G ^g   Isaia, G ^h   Adami, S ^f   Crepaldi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broadband ultrasound attenuation; Italian population; normative data; quantitative ultrasound; speed of sound; Stiffness Index

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547583895     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.03.099     Document Type: Article

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