Bone strength in multiple sclerosis: Cortical midtibial speed-of-sound assessment

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-493

  Achiron, Anat ^a,c   Edelstein, Shmuel ^b   Ziev Ner, Y ^a,c   Givon, Uri ^a,c   Rotstein, Zeev ^a,c   Barak, Yoram ^a,c  

^a Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Multiple sclerosis; Spasticity; Speed of sound; Tibial bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 4444254433     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms1076oa     Document Type: Article

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