Non-invasive and/or non-destructive techniques can provide structural information about bone, beyond simple bone densitometry. While the latter provides important information about osteoporotic fracture risk, many studies indicate that BMD only partly explains bone strength. Quantitative assessment of macro- and microstructural features may improve our ability to estimate bone strength. Methods...

The goal of this chapter is to describe the underlying principles and error sources associated with X-ray based bone densitometry methods used to assess the central skeleton. The first portion of the chapter focuses on projectional densitometry measurements which are most widely used in the clinical setting. The concepts of single and dual photon absorptiometry are used to provide a simple and ...

OBJECTIVE Joint hypermobility can be associated with benign musculoskeletal pain. The relation between hypermobility and low bone mineral density is still unknown. Osteoporosis can be observed in some genetic syndromes associated with joint hypermobility. The aim of our study was to detect the possible relation between joint hypermobility, benign musculoskeletal pain and bone mineral density in...

Bone loss leads to increase risk of fractures in renal transplantation. The aim this study was analyse the relationship between bone densitometry (DXA) findings, histomorphometry and bone-related molecules 1-year after We performed a cross-sectional de novo transplanted patients that agreed perform biopsy DXA examination 1 year All underwent laboratory evaluation, biopsy, cardiac CT 67 were inc...