Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: This review shows that, compared to both DXA and axial QCT, \npQCT is a more versatile technique, allowing for selective assessment \nof trabecular and cortical bone components, accurate \nassessment of bone geometry, assessment of muscle \nmass and muscle/bone relationships. Although pQCT has not \nbeen evaluated as thoroughly as DXA in clinical research, recent \nstudies on representative populations in the USA and \nItaly have yielded normative data on trabecular and cortical \nbone volumetric BMD, and geometry parameters obtained by \npQCT at multiple skeletal sites. These data can be used as reference \nvalues by physicians to detect patients with osteopenia, \nassess their bone strength, and to plan appropriate, \npatho-physiologically based treatment
Author: Cosimo Roberto Russo
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2120706391