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Title: Influence of age, morphological characteristics, and lumbar spine bone mineral density on lumbar spine trabecular bone score in lebanese women
Authors: Hage, Rawad El 
Khairallah, Walid
Bachour, Falah
Issa, Majed
Eid, Roy
Fayad, Fouad
Yared , Christine
Zakhem, Eddy 
Gemma, Adib
Maalouf, Ghassan
Affiliations: Department of Physical Education 
Department of Physical Education 
Issue Date: 2014
Part of: Journal of clinical densitometry
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Start page: 334
End page: 335
Abstract: 
Osteoporosis is associated not only with a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) but also with a microarchitectural deterioration of bone (1–3). This leads to an increase in fractures at several sites such as the lumbar spine (1–3). BMD measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the best single predictor of fractures in elderly women (3). However, BMD is not a direct measurement of bone strength because bone strength is influenced by several other factors, such as geometry, cortical porosity, and microarchitecture (4).
URI: https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/2135
Type: Journal Article
Appears in Collections:Department of Physical Education

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