A new predictive index for vertebral fractures: The sum of the anterior vertebral body heights

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 768-773

  Diacinti, D ^a   Pisani, D ^b   Barone Adesi, F ^c   Del Fiacco, R ^a   Minisola, S ^a   David, V ^b   Aliberti, G ^b   Mazzuoli, G F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture risk; Vertebral heights; Vertebral morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 77649193176     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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