ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2009
Clinical relevance of diagnosing vertebral fractures by vertebral fracture assessment.
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- Management of osteoporosis in patients with chronic kidney disease.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Review
- Vertebral fracture assessment, trabecular bone score and handgrip in a group of postmenopausal women with vertebral fractures - preliminary study.Reumatologia · 2018Article
- Vertebral fracture assessment by DXA is inferior to X-ray in clinical severe osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016Article
- The ratio of anterior and posterior vertebral heights reinforces the utility of DXA in assessment of vertebrae strength.Calcified tissue international · 2014Article
- Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) by lateral DXA scanning may be cost-effective when used as part of fracture liaison services or primary care screening.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2014Article
- Glucocorticoid-induced bone loss is associated with abnormal intravertebral areal bone mineral density distribution.International journal of endocrinology · 2013Article
- Osteoporosis, frailty and fracture: implications for case finding and therapy.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2012Review
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Abstract
Low bone mineral density and the presence of vertebral fractures are independent predictors for future vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. Combining the conventional measurement of bone mineral density of spine and hips with the morphometry of the thoracal and lumbar vertebrae on lateral images using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scanners, a technique called vertebral fracture assessment, facilitates detection of vertebral fractures in those patients at older age and with clinical risk factors for osteoporosis. Particularly, the finding of one or more vertebral deformities in patients with osteopenia is clinically important, because this might prompt the start of anti-osteoporotic treatment.
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