Bone density measurements and osteoporosis

Effect of spinal osteophytosis on bone mineral density measurements in vertebral osteoporosis.

Low bone mineral density and osteoporosis in CF

Throughout life the skeleton is constantly remodelled by a co-ordinated programme of cellular activity that removes, renews and repairs damaged bone. About 10% of the adult skeleton is remodelled each year. Specialised cells, perhaps stimulated by factors released when bone undergoes even microscopic damage, resorb a specific amount of bone from the damaged areas before undergoing a programmed ...

Bone-density testing interval and transition to osteoporosis.

BACKGROUND Although bone mineral density (BMD) testing to screen for osteoporosis (BMD T score, -2.50 or lower) is recommended for women 65 years of age or older, there are few data to guide decisions about the interval between BMD tests. METHODS We studied 4957 women, 67 years of age or older, with normal BMD (T score at the femoral neck and total hip, -1.00 or higher) or osteopenia (T score...

adequate serum copper concentration could improve bone density, postpone bone loss and protect osteoporosis in women

background: to determine the protective impact of efficient serum copper concentration on bmd in women and to asses its impression on bone. methods: six hundred healthy women through a national project in iran, imos, were selected via a cluster random sam pling and enrolled the study. they were divided to pre menopausal (404/600, 67.7% of total) and post menopausal (190/600, 32%of total) groups...

Evaluation of one third of distal radius bone density in patients with primary osteoporosis

Background: Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic disease of the bone in the world, and has hit about 200 million people around the world and it increases the risk of fractures. More than 5 million osteoporotic fractures occur annually in the world. Bone mineral density is the standard method of diagnosis of this disease. In this method, proximal of femur (neck) and lumbar vertebra bones (L...