Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Yonsei Medical Journal, cilt.49, sa.3, ss.436-442, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Purpose: Efforts for the early detection of bone loss and subsequent fracture risk by quantitative utrasound (QUS), which is a non-invasive, radation free, and chapter method, seem rational to reduce the management costs. We aimed in this study to assess the probable correlation of speed of sound (SOS) values obtained by QUS with bone mineral density (BMD) as measured by the gold standard method, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), and to investigate the diagnostic value of QUS to define low BNM. Materials and Methods: One hundred twenty-two postmenopausal women having prior standard DEXA measurements were included in the study. Spine and proximal femur (neck, trochanter and Ward's triangle) BMD were assessed in a standard protocol by DEXA. The middle point of the right tibia was chosen for SOS measurement by tibial QUS. Results: The SOS values were observed to be significantly higher in the normal BMD (t score > - 1) group at all measurement sites except for the lumbar region, when compared with the low BMD group score