quantitative ultrasound (qus) is a noninvasive, inexpensive and portable method for bone densitometry. it may measure some other parameters in addition to bmd, like elasticity and micro architecture. this study designed to determine the relation between reproductive factors and calcaneus qus parameters in normal women of tehran. bmd of heel in 151 normal women, 20-72y/o (participator of iranian...

OBJECTIVE Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) puts patients at an increased risk of developing osteoporosis. Assessment of bone mineral density (BMD) is most commonly performed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Alternative ways of estimating BMD, such as quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurement of the heel, are explored as DXA is expensive, non-portable and uses ionising radiation. We ...

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods have been introduced in recent years for the assessment of skeletal status in osteoporosis. The performance of QUS techniques has been evaluated in a large number of studies. Reviewing existing knowledge, an international expert panel formulated the following consensus regarding the current status of this technology. To date, evidence supports the use of QU...

Background: Quantitative ultrasonography of the proximal phalanges of the hand (QUS) has emerged as an attractive technical choice to assess bone quality features both in terms of bone mass and structure. Strong associations were found between QUS measures, chronological age and growth variables, such height, weight and pubertal stages. Aim: To evaluate the relationship between skeletal age and...

AIM On behalf of the German Agency for Health Technology Assessment (DAHTA@DIMDI) a rapid economic HTA was conducted. Aim of the HTA was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) for screening of osteoporotic fracture risk. Study population was formed by postmenopausal women. QUS was compared to the dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as the most frequently used method of ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this cross-sectional cohort study is to assess the potential of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the calcaneus in pre-screening for vertebral/non-vertebral fractures, and in discriminating osteoporotic from normal bone density in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS); a second objective is to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometr...

A high incidence of bone disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires frequent monitoring of skeletal status and, for that reason, evaluation of radiation-free technology is an issue of interest. Our objective was to appraise the parameters of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS): broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA), speed of sound (SOS) and stiffness index (QUI), an...

OBJECTIVE To examine the diagnostic performance of clinical risk indices combined with quantitative ultrasound calcaneus measurement (QUS) for identifying osteoporosis in Thai postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHOD The present study was designed as a cross-sectional investigation in 300 Thai women, aged between 38 and 85 years (mean age: 58). Femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) was mea...

To identify a proper T-score threshold for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in Koreans using quantitative ultrasonography (QUS), normative data from 240 females and 238 males (ages 20-29 yr) were newly generated. Then, the osteoporosis prevalence estimate for men and women over 50 yr of age was analyzed using previous World Health Organization (WHO) methods and heel QUS. T-scores were calculated f...