Distal Radius Strength: A Comparison of DXA-Derived vs pQCT-Measured Parameters in Adolescent Females

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-53

  Dowthwaite, Jodi N ^a   Hickman, Rebecca M ^a   Kanaley, Jill A ^b   Ploutz Snyder, Robert J ^a   Spadaro, Joseph A ^a   Scerpella, Tamara A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strength; DXA; pediatric densitometry; pQCT; radius

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GIRL; HUMAN; MENARCHE; METAPHYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58949085479     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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