Reliability of Lateral Distal Femur Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Measures

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 522-527

  Mueske, Nicole M ^a   Chan, Linda S ^b   Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; DXA; Lateral DXA; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR DISTAL METAPHYSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL DISTAL FEMUR; MALE; METADIAPHYSIS; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY BONE DENSITOMETER; YOUNG ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84921868116     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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