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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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Monogenetic osteoporosis: Does the risk of fall matter? [PDF]
Romanian Medical Journal, 2021 We introduce an adult male case report with a history of osteogenesis imperfecta related fractures without specific medication against osteoporosis until the age of 50 years; however, within the first year he was offered anti-osteoporotic medication, he ...
Mihai Cristian Dumitrascu +8 more
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Caffeine intake and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women
Gülhane Tıp Dergisi, 2022 Aims:Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and deteriorated bone tissue. There is ongoing debate about the effect of caffeine intake on bone metabolism due to inconsistent study results.
Kübra Tel Adıgüzel, Özlem Köroğlu
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DXA scanning in clinical practice [PDF]
QJM, 2008 Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is recognized as the reference method to measure bone mineral density (BMD) with acceptable accuracy errors and good precision and reproducibility. The World Health Organization (WHO) has established DXA as the best densitometric technique for assessing BMD in postmenopausal women and based the definitions of ...
A, El Maghraoui, C, Roux
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Osteoporosis: definition, diagnosis, and considerations prior to starting treatment [PDF]
Exploration of Endocrine and Metabolic DiseasesOsteoporosis is a disabling disease with a significant impact on the global population, particularly among older men and postmenopausal women. Several factors contribute to the increasing prevalence of osteoporosis, including greater life expectancy and ...
Maritza Vidal, Nancy E. Lane
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Different Models of Dual-Energy Bone DXA Scanners: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2022 Background. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is an effective method for bone mineral density (BMD) and subcutaneous fat percentage estimation. The constant development of new densitometry techniques, the demographic change and the higher potential ...
Alexey V. Petraikin +6 more
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Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2018 Background A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene is a strong predictor of obesity in humans. The FTO SNP (rs1421085) results in a T to C nucleotide substitution that may result in an increased risk for ...
Jose Antonio +3 more
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, 2021 Physical exercise induces spatially heterogeneous bone changes in the proximal femur. Recent advances have enabled 3D dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)-based finite element (FE) models to estimate bone strength.
O'Rourke, D +5 more
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