That would allow them to incorporate it into their software, so patients would receive a calculation for risk of fracture, along with a T score, the standard measure of bone density.
After ultrasound tests, the researchers found that the children in the pain group had decreased "bone speed of sound" — a measure of bone strength and breakability — suggesting that they suffered instead from "a local overuse syndrome".
If you have osteoporosis, defined as a T score — the standard measure of bone density — of minus 2.5 or lower, or you have already had an osteoporotic fracture of the forearm, hip, shoulder or spine, the answer is clear: treat.
Osteoporosis is defined as having a bone mineral density T score -- the standard measure of bone density -- of minus 2.5 or lower.
They divided them into four groups: those with normal T scores (a measure of bone density), those with mild osteopenia (less severe bone loss that often progresses to osteoporosis), and those with moderate or severe osteopenia.
"Trabecular Bone Score" (TBS) has been recently proposed as an indirect measure of bone micro-architecture.
The main output report is a detailed picture of the replaced ankle with indications of component locations and quantitative measure of bone cuts.
We conclude that the measure of bone mass needs to be supplemented with measures reflecting the physicochemical status of mineral crystals for improved assessment of fracture susceptibility.
No changes in calcium absorption were observed but there was a significant increase in kinetic rates of bone calcium accretion (P =.045) as well as in bone-specific alkaline phosphatase concentrations, a measure of bone formation (P =.03).
Using principal component (PC) analyses, we identified one summary measure of intracortical and endocortical bone surface areas, cortical porosity and volumetric bone mineral density (structure PC), and one summary measure of bone remodelling markers (remodelling PC).
