Assessment of the risk of vertebral fracture by measuring bone mineral density

Autor: Etsuo Nishikido, Yasuhiro Araki, Hiroyuki Yonemitsu, Fuminori Koga, Kazuhiko Momosaki, Shuichiro Takahashi, Nobutake Nakane
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Orthopedics & Traumatology. 39:433-435
ISSN: 1349-4333
0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.39.433
Popis: In 161 persons (over 70 years old) with complaining of lumbago, bone mineral density (BMD) was meaured at the lumbar spine by DEXA (QDR 1000).In 87 cases-54% (8 men-23.5% and 79 women-62.2%) X-ray findings of lumbar and thoracic spines showed at least one vertebral fracture due to osteoporosis.We concluded that when BMD decreased to less than 0.7g/cm2, the risk of osteoporotic vertebral fractures escalates rapidly.
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