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Male osteoporosis: diagnosis and fracture risk evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Male osteoporosis is challenging to diagnose and to treat. Underestimation of the risk of male osteoporosis, the combined presence of several interwoven causative factors in many patients, and uncertainty regarding the absorptiometry cutoffs associated ...
B. Cortet   +7 more
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The Comparison of Effects of Alendronate and Raloxifene Treatment in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis - Original Investigation

open access: yesTürk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2006
This study was performed to assess and compare the effects of raloxifene and alendronate for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Thirty-two women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (raloxifene group:16 patients, alendronate group: 16 patients ...
Gülcan Gürer   +4 more
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Prevalence of osteoporosis and incidence of hip fracture in women - secular trends over 30 years

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2010
Background The number of hip fractures during recent decades has been reported to be increasing, partly because of an increasing proportion of elderly women in the society.
Sernbo Ingemar   +6 more
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Effects of hypodynamic simulations on the skeletal system of monkeys [PDF]

open access: yes
A research and development program was undertaken to evaluate the skeletal losses of subhuman primates in hypodynamic environments. The goals of the program are: (1) to uncover the mechanisms by which weightlessness affects the skeletal system; (2) to ...
Tremor, J. W., Young, D. R.
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Feasibility study of SiPM based scintillation detector for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

open access: yesNuclear Engineering and Technology, 2020
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the noninvasive method to diagnose osteoporosis disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue.
Chanwoo Park   +5 more
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The effect of thyroid hormone on bone metabolism and osteoporosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Thyrotoxicosis has long been known to accelerate bone turnover and thus increase the risk for developing osteoporosis, especially in peri- and postmenopausal women. Increasingly sophisticated tests of thyroid function have indicated that minor degrees of
Kung, AWC
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Outcomes of obese children and adolescents enrolled in a multidisciplinary health program [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
OBJECTIVE: the study was designed to evaluate the impact of a multidisciplinary program on children and adolescents' weight control.DESIGN: Retrospective study regarding changes in relative weight of all patients treated regularly in an out-patient care ...
Lopez, Fábio Ancona   +4 more
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The comparison of effects of alendronate and raloxifene treatment in postmenauposal women with osteoporosis - Original Investigation

open access: yesTürk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2005
This study was performed to compare and to research the effects of raloxifene and alendronate for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis women. Thirty two women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (raloxifene group:16 patients, alendronate group: 16 ...
Gülcan Gürer   +4 more
doaj  

Methods for nurses to measure body composition Métodos en enfermería para la medición de la composición corporal Métodos de enfermagem para a medição da composição corporal

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2011
Among the methods available for assessing body composition, traditional methods like hydrodensitometry and skin-fold measurements are well known. In this review, we focus on the impedance and interactance methods, which use systems that are usually ...
Jose Maria Moran   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone Densitometric Study of Mandibular Density Using Dental Panoramic Radiographs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Svrha rada bila je ocijeniti preciznost mikrodenzitometrijske metode na ortopantomogramima. U tu je svrhu upotrebljen bakreni kalibracijski klin (BKK) sastavljen od 5 slojeva, debeo od 0,1 do 0,5 mm.
Asja Čelebić   +2 more
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