INTRODUCTION Scientific studies indicate that there is a correlation between decreased bone mineral density and the age of the patient, especially in post menopausal women. GOAL The aim of our study was to assess the connection between osteoporosis and the age of respondents, based on the DEXA findings in patients with calcium urolithiasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was prospectively a...

BACKGROUND Body composition assessment in patients with chronic renal failure is of paramount importance since studies have demonstrated the association of protein-energy malnutrition with an increased morbidity and mortality in this population. However, practical and sensible indicators of body compartments are still needed for clinical purposes. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the simple methods o...

Objetivo: Identificar quais são as ferramentas de avaliação utilizadas para mensurar alterações na aptidão cardiorrespiratória (ACR) e composição corporal (CC) provocadas pelo exercício físico em adultos com lesão da medula espinhal (LME). Metodologia: Uma revisão sistemática literatura científica produzida janeiro/2017 a abril/2022 nas bases dados PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Lilacs Sciel...

OBJECTIVES We assessed the agreement of body fat and fat-free mass measured by simpler methods against the four-compartment model (4C). METHODS In 60 obese schoolchildren (body mass index ≥95th percentile) between the ages of 8 and 13 y who were recruited from one school in Chile, multicompartmental body composition was estimated with the use of isotopic dilution, plethysmography (BodPod), ra...

Introduction: Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is one of the most widely used methods measuring periprosthetic bone mineral density (BMD). Several reports have presented the precision of DEXA when used at the hip, whereas similar reports on factors influencing the precision at the knee are sparse. There are two noticeable aspects when measuring BMD at the knee. First, no software specifi...

In this study the usefulness of a preoperative dual-energy Xray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan to help in patient selection for hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) is examined. The operating surgeon determined intraoperatively whether the patient had a HRA or a large head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (MOM). The t-score was significantly lower in the MOM group compared to the HRA group. This...

Conclusions: The increased risk of osteoporosis in patients with IBD can be reliably assessed by measuring BMD using a DEXA scan [1]. DEXA scan is a relatively simple, and noninvasive investigation and has good accuracy and precision (measurement error of 5 6%) [2,3]. This study has highlighted suboptimal compliance with BSG guidelines. More concerted efforts are warranted to ensure compliance ...