Correlations of calcaneal QUS with pQCT measurements at distal tibia and non-weight-bearing distal radius

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 486-490

  Hung, Vivian Wing Yin ^a   Qin, Ling ^a   Au, Sze Ki ^a   Choy, Wing Yee ^a   Leung, Kwok Sui ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Cheng, Jack Chun Yiu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Correlations; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT); Radius; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEAL QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4544341666     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-004-0511-5     Document Type: Article

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