Lumbar scoliosis in postmenopausal women: Prevalence and relationship with bone density, age, and body mass index

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 737-740

  Urrutia, Julio ^a   Diaz Ledezma, Claudio ^b   Espinosa, Julio ^a   Berven, Sigurd H ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult scoliosis; aging spine; osteoporosis; scoliosis prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 79955074652     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181db7456     Document Type: Article

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