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Bone, 2017 Body composition measurements from DXA have been available since DXA technology was developed 30years ago, but are historically underutilized. Recently, there have been rapid developments in body composition assessment including the analysis and publication of representative data for the US, official usage guidance from the International Society for ...
Steven Heymsfield +2 more
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Pediatric DXA: technique and interpretation [PDF]
Pediatric Radiology, 2006 This article reviews dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) technique and interpretation with emphasis on the considerations unique to pediatrics. Specifically, the use of DXA in children requires the radiologist to be a "clinical pathologist" monitoring the technical aspects of the DXA acquisition, a "statistician" knowledgeable in the concepts of Z-scores ...
Larry A Binkovitz, Binkovitz Larry A
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Which One Can Detect More Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient? Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) or Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) [PDF]
International Journal of Preventive MedicineBackground: The early diagnosis of osteopenia and osteoporosis can slow the progression of osteoporosis and postpone possible bone fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the benefit of timely treatments.
Diba Monjezi +2 more
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Measuring the density and bone mineral content of women in Mosul city [PDF]
مجلة التربية والعلم, 2023 In this work, condition bone of women in an urban group has been measured and compared to a rural group. Based on the amount of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD), T-score and Z-score, in this study.
Jihan Fathi Yosef +2 more
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Anti-osteoporotic medication and scleroderma [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, 2021 Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) represents a challenging condition, usually requiring a multi-disciplinary team due to multi-organ involvement; it is mostly considered an autoimmune disease; the signature of the malady is the extensive fibrosis at the ...
Florica Sandru +6 more
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Associations between trabecular bone score and bone mineral density in Taiwanese older adult men [PDF]
Journal of Men's Health, 2023 Osteoporosis is a common bone disease in older adults, and it is a predictor of bone fracture. This study determined the mean trabecular bone score (TBS) of older Taiwanese men in different age groups and analyzed the effectiveness of TBS in ...
Mei-Lan Huang +3 more
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The impact of obesity on the accuracy of DXA BMD for DXA-equivalent BMD estimation
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Abstract Introduction As the radiomics technique using texture features in CT is adopted for accessing DXA-equivalent bone mineral density (BMD), this study aims to compare BMD by DXA and predicted BMD to investigate the impact of obesity and central obesity in general patients.
Min-Woo Kim +3 more
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Literature review of Radiofrequency Echographic Multi-Spectrometry (REMS) in the diagnosis of osteoporosis and bone fragility [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2022 Background. Osteoporosis is a frequent comorbidity among patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, due to the impact of their therapies, the hish systemic inflammation and the large scale use of glucocorticoid treatment. Use of DXA and REMS. Dual
Ionut-Andrei Badea +4 more
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Reproducibility of bone age assessment from DXA hand scans: expert versus novice
Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans are frequently used in human biological research to study bone health and body composition. Hand-wrist scans for the assessment of skeletal maturity can also be easily obtained in immature research ...
Laura Keylock, N. Cameron
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Nesfatin-1 prevents negative changes in bone in conditions of developing osteopenia
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2020 Objective The aim of the study was to determine the effect of nesfatin-1 on bone properties in female rats in the conditions of developing osteopenia induced by ovariectomy (OVX).
Iwona Puzio +4 more
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