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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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