Multi-site bone ultrasound measurements in elderly women with and without previous hip fractures

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1287-1295

  Karjalainen, J P ^a   Riekkinen, O ^a   Toyras J ^a,b   Hakulinen, M ^b   Kroger H ^a,b   Rikkonen, T ^a   Salovaara, K ^a   Jurvelin, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Fracture risk; FRAX; Osteoporosis; Proximal femur; Ultrasound backscatter

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTI SITE ULTRASOUND; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND; BONE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR NECK; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIUS; TIBIA;

EID: 84861746900     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1682-2     Document Type: Article

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