A computer-based measure of irregularity in vertebral alignment is a BMD-independent predictor of fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1525-1530

  Pettersen, P C ^a   De Bruijne, M ^b   Chen, J ^a   He, Q ^a   Christiansen, C ^c   Tanko L B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC BIOSCIENCE A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case control study; Elderly women; Fracture prediction; Lordosis; Lumbar spine; Vertebral alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34848856107     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-007-0388-y     Document Type: Article

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