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Archives of Osteoporosis

Issue 1/2019

Content (117 Articles)

Review Article

Oral bisphosphonates and incidence of cancers in patients with osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yingfang Deng, Zhen Zhang, Xi Jia, Wenke Cheng, Xixi Zhou, Yi Liu, Miaozhou Wang

Open Access Original Article

Association between visual classification of kyphosis and future ADL decline in community-dwelling elderly people: the Kurabuchi study

Keiko Sugai, Takehiro Michikawa, Toru Takebayashi, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Yuji Nishiwaki

Original Article

Vitamin D supplementation and muscle strength in pre-sarcopenic elderly Lebanese people: a randomized controlled trial

Cynthia El Hajj, Souha Fares, Jean Michel Chardigny, Yves Boirie, Stephane Walrand

Open Access Osteoporosis Original Article

Effect of treatment on back pain and back extensor strength with a spinal orthosis in older women with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial

Christina Kaijser Alin, Elin Uzunel, Ann-Charlotte Grahn Kronhed, Hassan Alinaghizadeh, Helena Salminen

Esophageal Cancer Original Article

Risk factors for loss of bone mineral density after curative esophagectomy

Jessie A. Elliott, Sean Casey, Conor F. Murphy, Neil G. Docherty, Narayanasamy Ravi, Peter Beddy, John V. Reynolds, Carel W. le Roux

Celiac Disease Case Report

An unusual Chinese case of celiac disease presenting as hypocalcemia and low bone density

Kunling Wang, Changxin Jiang, Hongwei Jia, Xin Zhang, Zhijie Sun, Mei Zhu

Vitamin D Deficiency Original Article

Osteoporosis knowledge and awareness among university students in Saudi Arabia

Jalaluddin A. Khan, Fiona E. McGuigan, Kristina E. Akesson, Y. M. Ahmed, Faiza Abdu, Hussam Rajab, Mai Albaik

Original Article

An epidemiological evaluation of fractures and its determinants among Lebanese schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study

Nada Younes, Marie-Ange El Hajj, Aren Joe Bizdikian, Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared

Bisphosphonate Short Scientific Communication

Serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D and the risk of fractures in the teriparatide versus risedronate VERO clinical trial

Salvatore Minisola, Fernando Marin, David L. Kendler, Piet Geusens, Cristiano A. F. Zerbini, Luis A. Russo, Enrique Casado, Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer, Jan J. Stepan, Eric Lespessailles, Rüdiger Moericke, Alicia Bagur, Péter Lakatos, Pedro López-Romero, Jean Jacques Body

Open Access Osteoporosis Original Article

An observational cohort study to produce and evaluate an improved tool to screen older women with back pain for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (Vfrac): study protocol

T. K. Khera, A. Burston, S. Davis, S. Drew, R. Gooberman-Hill, Z. Paskins, T. J. Peters, J. H. Tobias, E. M. Clark

Imminent fracture risk assessments in the UK FLS setting: implications and challenges

Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Mata Charokopou, Emese Toth, Kerry Donnelly, Cyrus Cooper, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Cesar Libanati, Muhammad K. Javaid

Osteoporosis Original Article

Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and health behaviors of bone health among Caribbean Hispanic/Latino adults

Sabrina E. Noel, Sandra P. Arevalo, Noereem Z. Mena, Kelsey Mangano, Martha Velez, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Katherine L. Tucker

Short Scientific Communication

Physical activity modifies the effect of calcium supplements on bone loss in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Kazutoshi Nakamura, Toshiko Saito, Ryosaku Kobayashi, Rieko Oshiki, Kaori Kitamura, Yumi Watanabe

Osteoporosis Original Article

Rationale, study design, and descriptive data of the Lucky Bone™ Fracture Liaison Service

Andréa Senay, Sylvie Perreault, Josée Delisle, Suzanne N. Morin, Jean-Pierre Raynauld, Andreea Banica, Yves Troyanov, Pierre Beaumont, Alain Jodoin, G. Yves Laflamme, Stéphane Leduc, Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong, Hai Nguyen, Pierre Ranger, Dominique M. Rouleau, Julio C. Fernandes

Osteoporosis Original Article

Osteoporosis strategic plan for the Middle East and North Africa region

Patricia Khashayar, Eghbal Taheri, Gemma Adib, Leith Zakraoui, Bagher Larijani

Open Access Ultrasound Original Article

Ex vivo cortical porosity and thickness predictions at the tibia using full-spectrum ultrasonic guided-wave analysis

Johannes Schneider, Gianluca Iori, Donatien Ramiandrisoa, Maroua Hammami, Melanie Gräsel, Christine Chappard, Reinhard Barkmann, Pascal Laugier, Quentin Grimal, Jean-Gabriel Minonzio, Kay Raum

Original Article

Vitamin D cutoff point in relation to parathyroid hormone: a population based study in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

AlJohara M AlQuaiz, Muhammad Mujammami, Ambreen Kazi, Rana M. Hasanato, Abdulaziz Alodhayani, Shafi Ahamed Shaik, Nasser M. Al-Daghri

Changes in femoral bone mineral density after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Joel M. Prince, James T. Bernatz, Neil Binkley, Matthew P. Abdel, Paul A. Anderson

Original Article

Risk factors for conservative treatment failure in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs)

JiaNan Zhang, Xin He, Yong Fan, JinPeng Du, DingJun Hao

Open Access Care Correction

Correction to: Estimated expenditures for hip fractures using merged healthcare insurance data for individuals aged ≥ 75 years and long-term care insurance claims data in Japan

Takahiro Mori, Nanako Tamiya, Xueying Jin, Boyoung Jeon, Satoru Yoshie, Katsuya Iijima, Tatsuro Ishizaki

Pediatrics Original Article

Bone age as a correction factor for the analysis of trabecular bone score (TBS) in children

Miguel Angel Guagnelli, Renaud Winzenrieth, Desiree Lopez-Gonzalez, Michael R. McClung, Luis Del Rio, Patricia Clark

Osteoporosis Original Article

Exploring the association between number, severity, location of fracture, and occiput-to-wall distance

Christina Ziebart, Jonathan D. Adachi, Maureen C. Ashe, Robert R. Bleakney, Angela M. Cheung, Jenna C. Gibbs, Keith D. Hill, David L. Kendler, Aliya A. Khan, Sandra Kim, Caitlin McArthur, Nicole Mittmann, Alexandra Papaioannou, Sadhana Prasad, Samuel C. Scherer, Lehana Thabane, John D. Wark, Lora M. Giangregorio

Open Access Care Original Article

The Dutch Hip Fracture Audit: evaluation of the quality of multidisciplinary hip fracture care in the Netherlands

Stijn C. Voeten, Arend J. Arends, Michel W. J. M. Wouters, Bastiaan J. Blom, Martin J. Heetveld, Monique S. Slee-Valentijn, Pieta Krijnen, Inger B. Schipper, J. H. (Han) Hegeman, A. J. Arends, B. J. Blom, M. van Eijk, M. J. Heetveld, J. H. Hegeman, R. M. Houwert, M. C. Luyten, B. G. Schutte, M. S. Slee-Valentijn, S. C. Voeten

Osteoporosis Original Article

Body compositions differently contribute to BMD in different age and gender: a pilot study by QCT

Xueli Zhang, Ting Hua, Jingqi Zhu, Kun Peng, Jun Yang, Sifeng Kang, Tingting Xu, Jian Hu, Guangyu Tang

Hepatitis B Original Article

The association between hepatitis and osteoporosis: a nested case-control study using a national sample cohort

Chanyang Min, Woo Jin Bang, Miyoung Kim, Dong Jun Oh, Hyo Geun Choi

Effects of denosumab on bone metabolism and bone mineral density in kidney transplant patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Charat Thongprayoon, Prakrati Acharya, Narothama Reddy Aeddula, Aldo Torres-Ortiz, Tarun Bathini, Konika Sharma, Patompong Ungprasert, Kanramon Watthanasuntorn, Maria Lourdes Gonzalez Suarez, Sohail Abdul Salim, Wisit Kaewput, Jirat Chenbhanich, Michael A. Mao, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

Original Article

Epidemiological and clinical study of hip fracture in hospitalized elderly patients in Shanghai, China

Minmin Chen, Yanhua Zhang, Yanping Du, Wei Hong, Wenjing Tang, Huilin Li, Songbai Zheng, Qun Cheng

Sarcopenia Original Article

Stages of sarcopenia, bone mineral density, and the prevalence of osteoporosis in older women

Ricardo M. Lima, Ricardo Jacó de Oliveira, Rafael Raposo, Silvia Gonçalves Ricci Neri, André Bonadias Gadelha

Bisphosphonate Original Article

The 2018 Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in Greece

Polyzois Makras, Athanasios D. Anastasilakis, George Antypas, Efstathios Chronopoulos, Evangelia G. Kaskani, Aikaterini Matsouka, Dimos K. Patrikos, Konstantinos D. Stathopoulos, Symeon Tournis, George Trovas, Christos Kosmidis

Original Article

Predictors of long-term survival after hip fractures?—5-year results of a prospective study in Germany

Tom Knauf, Benjamin Bücking, Mathias Bargello, Sebastian Ploch, Christopher Bliemel, Matthias Knobe, Steffen Ruchholtz, Daphne Eschbach

Bisphosphonate Short Scientific Communication

Adherence to bisphosphonates in the general population: a study in patients referred to a primary care service

Pietro Donato, Jessica Pepe, Luciano Colangelo, Vittoria Danese, Veronica Cecchetti, Salvatore Minisola, Cristiana Cipriani

Osteoporosis Original Article

The effect of a multidisciplinary co-management program for the older hip fracture patients in Beijing: a “pre- and post-” retrospective study

Xinbao Wu, Maoyi Tian, Jing Zhang, Minghui Yang, Xiaofeng Gong, Yishu Liu, Xian Li, Richard I. Lindley, Melanie Anderson, Ke Peng, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Jiachao Ji, Manyi Wang, Rebecca Ivers, Wei Tian

Osteoporosis Original Article

Secondary prevention of minor trauma fractures: the effects of a tailored intervention—an observational study

P. C. R. van der Vet, J. Q. Kusen, M. Rohner-Spengler, B. C. Link, R. M. Houwert, R. Babst, C. Henzen, L. Schmid, F. J. P. Beeres

Osteoporosis Original Article

Differing impact of clinical factors on the risk of fracture in younger and older women in the general population and an osteoporosis clinic population

Rosa Lauppe, Kristina E. Åkesson, Östen Ljunggren, Anna Spångéus, Gustaf Ortsäter, Maurille Feudjo-Tepie, Oskar Ström

Original Article

Endocrine parameters in association with bone mineral accrual in young female vocational ballet dancers

Tânia Amorim, George S. Metsios, Andreas D. Flouris, Alan Nevill, Thayse N. Gomes, Matthew Wyon, Franklim Marques, Luísa Nogueira, Nuno Adubeiro, Athanasios Z. Jamurtas, José Maia, Yiannis Koutedakis

Osteoporosis Original Article

Incidence and excess mortality of hip fractures in a predominantly Caucasian population in the South of Brazil

Dalisbor Marcelo Weber Silva, Marise Lazaretti-Castro, Cristiano Augusto de Freitas Zerbini, Vera Lúcia Szejnfeld, Sergio Ragi Eis, Victoria Zeghbi Cochenski Borba

Open Access Care Original Article

Primary care physicians’ views on osteoporosis management: a qualitative study

Helena Salminen, P. Piispanen, E. Toth-Pal

Nutrition Original Article

Parity and lactation are not associated with incident fragility fractures or radiographic vertebral fractures over 16 years of follow-up: Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos)

Sandra Cooke-Hubley, Zhiwei Gao, Gerald Mugford, Stephanie M. Kaiser, David Goltzman, William D. Leslie, K. Shawn Davison, Jacques P. Brown, Linda Probyn, Brian Lentle, Jerilynn C. Prior, Christopher S. Kovacs

Open Access Osteoporosis Original Article

Cost-benefit analysis of calcium and vitamin D supplements

Connie M. Weaver, Heike A. Bischoff–Ferrari, Christopher J. Shanahan

Open Access Mammography Original Article

Primary screening for increased fracture risk by the FRAX® questionnaire—uptake rates in relation to invitation method

Louise M. E. Moberg, Peter M. Nilsson, Anna H. Holmberg, Göran Samsioe, Christer Borgfeldt

Osteoporosis Original Article

Associations between the lipid profile and the lumbar spine bone mineral density and trabecular bone score in elderly Iranian individuals participating in the Bushehr Elderly Health Program: a population-based study

Nekoo Panahi, Akbar Soltani, Ali Ghasem-Zadeh, Gita Shafiee, Ramin Heshmat, Farideh Razi, Neda Mehrdad, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani, Afshin Ostovar

Osteoporosis Original Article

Predictors of imminent non-vertebral fracture in elderly women with osteoporosis, low bone mass, or a history of fracture, based on data from the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos)

Jonathan D. Adachi, Claudie Berger, Rich Barron, Derek Weycker, Tassos P. Anastassiades, K. Shawn Davison, David A. Hanley, George Ioannidis, Stuart A. Jackson, Robert G. Josse, Stephanie M. Kaiser, Christopher S. Kovacs, William D. Leslie, Suzanne N. Morin, Alexandra Papaioannou, Jerilynn C. Prior, Erinda Shyta, Amanda Silvia, Tanveer Towheed, David Goltzman

Open Access Original Article

Dominant vs. non-dominant hip comparison in bone mineral density in young sporting athletes

James A. van Santen, Claudio Pereira, Maria T. Sanchez-Santos, Cyrus Cooper, Nigel K. Arden

Open Access Original Article

Age-specific 1-year mortality rates after hip fracture based on the populations in mainland China between the years 2000 and 2018: a systematic analysis

Zhiyong Cui, Hui Feng, Xiangyu Meng, Siying Zhuang, Zhaorui Liu, Kaifeng Ye, Chuan Sun, Yong Xing, Fang Zhou, Yun Tian

Open Access Osteoporosis Short Communication

The impact of hip fracture on health-related quality of life and activities of daily living: the SPARE-HIP prospective cohort study

D. Prieto-Alhambra, D. Moral-Cuesta, A. Palmer, I. Aguado-Maestro, M. F. Bravo Bardaji, F. Brañas, G. Adrados Bueno, J. R. Caeiro-Rey, I. Andrés Cano, M. Barres-Carsi, L. Gracia Delgado, M. Salomó-Domènech, I. Etxebarria-Foronda, B. Llado Ferrer, S. Mills, L. Ezquerra Herrando, D. Mifsut, L. D. R. Evangelista, X. Nogués, I. Perez-Coto, J. Martínez-Iñiguez Blasco, C. Martín-Hernández, H. Kessel, J. Teixidor Serra, J. Rodriguez Solis, O. Torregrosa Suau, E. Vaquero-Cervino, C. Pablos Hernández, L. Rodríguez Mañas, A. Herrera, A. Díez-Perez

Osteoporosis Original Article

Unhealthy lifestyles are associated with the increased risk of low-energy fracture in Chinese men ≥ 50 years, a population-based survey

Guobin Liu, Yansen Li, Yanbin Zhu, Wei Chen, Xin Xing, Jiashen Shao, Song Liu, Hongzhi Lv, Chenni Ji, Xiaolin Zhang, Yingze Zhang

Open Access Osteoporosis Original Article

Increased bone mineral density for 1 year of romosozumab, vs placebo, followed by 2 years of denosumab in the Japanese subgroup of the pivotal FRAME trial and extension

Akimitsu Miyauchi, Rajani V. Dinavahi, Daria B. Crittenden, Wenjing Yang, Judy C. Maddox, Etsuro Hamaya, Yoichi Nakamura, Cesar Libanati, Andreas Grauer, Junichiro Shimauchi

Osteoporosis Original Article

Intensive screening for osteoporosis in patients with hip fracture

Anas Ould Si Amar, Lars Hyldstrup, Jette Nielsen, Henrik Palm, Jens-Erik Beck Jensen

Original Article

Interaction of body fat percentage and height with appendicular functional muscle-bone unit

Ibrahim Duran, K. Martakis, C. Bossier, C. Stark, M. Rehberg, O. Semler, E. Schoenau

Open Access Osteoporosis Original Article

Temporal changes in access to FRAX® in Thailand between 2010 and 2018

Pojchong Chotiyarnwong, Nicholas C Harvey, Helena Johansson, Enwu Liu, Mattias Lorentzen, John A Kanis, Eugene V McCloskey

Osteoporosis Original Paper

Are osteoporotic vertebral fractures or forward head posture associated with performance-based measures of balance and mobility?

Christina Ziebart, Jenna C. Gibbs, Caitlin McArthur, Alexandra Papaioannou, Nicole Mittmann, Judi Laprade, Sandra Kim, Aliya Khan, David L. Kendler, John D. Wark, Lehana Thabane, Samuel C. Scherer, Sadhana Prasad, Keith D. Hill, Angela M. Cheung, Robert R. Bleakney, Maureen C. Ashe, Jonathan D. Adachi, Lora M. Giangregorio

Osteoporosis Original Paper

Effect of periodic abstinence from dairy products for approximately half of the year on bone health in adults following the Christian Orthodox Church fasting rules for decades

Nikolaos E. Rodopaios, Vassilis Mougios, Anna Konstantinidou, Stelios Iosifidis, Alexandra-Aikaterini Koulouri, Eleni Vasara, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Petros Skepastianos, Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Maria Hassapidou, Anthony G. Kafatos

Osteoporosis Original Paper

A scorecard for osteoporosis in four Latin American countries: Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina

Rima Aziziyeh, Mo Amin, Mohdhar Habib, Javier Garcia Perlaza, Rebecca K. McTavish, Ana Lüdke, Savannah Fernandes, Kaushik Sripada, Chris Cameron

Computed Tomography Original Paper

Bone measurements at multiple skeletal sites in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis—an in vivo correlation study using DXA, HR-pQCT and QCT

Ka Yee Cheuk, Yizhong Hu, Elisa M. S. Tam, Lin Shi, Fiona W. P. Yu, Vivian W. Y. Hung, Kevin Cheuk Yin Lai, Wilson Ho Wu Cheng, Benjamin H. K. Yip, Ling Qin, Bobby K. W. Ng, Winnie C. W. Chu, James Griffith, X. Edward Guo, Jack C. Y. Cheng, Tsz Ping Lam

Osteoporosis Original Paper

Osteoporosis preventive behaviors in adolescent girls: the educational program based on BASNEF model

Faezeh Rastgoo, Parvaneh Vasli, Camelia Rohani, AminReza Amini

Short Communication

Restricting vitamin A intake increases bone formation in Zambian children with high liver stores of vitamin

S. A. Tanumihardjo, B. M. Gannon, C. Kaliwile, J. Chileshe, N. C. Binkley

Antidepressant Drugs Original Paper

Blood pressure lowering medication initiation and fracture risk: a SWAN pharmacoepidemiology study

Daniel H. Solomon, Kristine Ruppert, Rasa Kazlauskaite, Joel S. Finkelstein, Laurel A. Habel

Fracture Healing Original Article

Bone union after spinal fusion surgery using local bone in long-term bisphosphonate users: a prospective comparative study

Taewook Kang, Si Young Park, Seok Ha Hong, Jin Hyeok Lee, Soon Hyuck Lee, Jong Hoon Park

Osteoporosis Original Article

Cyclists’ fractures in the elderly

Katsuhisa Tanabe

Osteoporosis Retraction Note

Retraction Note to: Secular trends in major osteoporotic fractures among 50+ adults in Denmark between 1995 and 2010

Shahab Abtahi, Johanna H. M. Driessen, Peter Vestergaard, Joop van den Bergh, Annelies Boonen, Frank de Vries, Andrea M. Burden

Original Article

The impact of height on low/reduced bone mineral density in Chinese adolescents aged 12-14 years old: gender differences

Chengshu Yu, Shuo Wang, Xuemei Meng, Weiqin Li, Yanmei Deng, Nan Li, Zhongxian Xu, Leishen Wang, Ming Zhao, Junhong Leng

Bisphosphonate Original Article

Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density and trabecular bone score following yearly zoledronic acid infusion in postmenopausal osteoporosis—a retrospective-prospective study from southern India

Basavaraj Sooragonda, Kripa Elizabeth Cherian, Felix K. Jebasingh, Riddhi Dasgupta, Hesarghatta S. Asha, Nitin Kapoor, Nihal Thomas, Thomas V. Paul

Osteoporosis Original Article

Ethnic differences in bone mineral density among midlife women in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian cohort

Win Pa Pa Thu, Susan J. S. Logan, Jane A. Cauley, Michael S. Kramer, Eu Leong Yong

Osteoporosis Original Paper

Incidence and costs of hip fractures in elderly Italian population: first regional-based assessment

Prisco Piscitelli, Maurizio Feola, Cecilia Rao, Cosimo Neglia, Emanuele Rizzo, Antonella Vigilanza, Matteo Rivezzi, Nicola Faccilongo, Francesco Contò, Alessandro Distante, Umberto Tarantino

Osteoporosis Original Article

Osteoporosis in colorectal cancer survivors: analysis of the linkage between SWOG trial enrollees and Medicare claims

Afsaneh Barzi, Dawn L. Hershman, Cathee Till, William E. Barlow, Scott Ramsey, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Howard S. Hochster, Joseph M. Unger

Osteoporosis Original Paper

Chinese patients’ preference for pharmaceutical treatments of osteoporosis: a discrete choice experiment

Lei Si, Liudan Tu, Ya Xie, Andrew J. Palmer, Yuanyuan Gu, Xuqi Zheng, Jiamin Li, Qing Lv, Jun Qi, Zhiming Lin, Mingsheng Chen, Jieruo Gu, Mickaël Hiligsmann

Osteoporosis Original Article

The impact of nonstandard hip rotation on densitometric results of hip regions and potential misclassification of diagnosis

Mohsen Qutbi, Ali Salek, Mehdi Soltanshahi, Sadegh Ebrahim Ajdari, Isa Neshandar Asli

Osteoporosis Original Article

Persistence and compliance to osteoporosis therapy in a fracture liaison service: a prospective cohort study

Andréa Senay, Julio C. Fernandes, Josée Delisle, Suzanne N. Morin, Sylvie Perreault

Anemia Original Article

Influence of hospital adverse events and previous diagnoses on hospital care cost of patients with hip fracture

David Cuesta-Peredo, Francisco Arteaga-Moreno, Ángel Belenguer-Varea, José Emilio Llopis-Calatayud, Susana Sivera-Gimeno, Sebastià J. Santaeugenia, Juan Antonio Avellana-Zaragoza, Francisco José Tarazona-Santabalbina

Original Article

What are the influencing factors in self-rated health status after hip fracture? A prospective study on 402 patients

Juliana Hack, Benjamin Buecking, Rene Aigner, Ludwig Oberkircher, Tom Knauf, Steffen Ruchholtz, Daphne Eschbach

Osteoporosis Original Article

Assessing the risk of osteoporotic fractures: the Ecuadorian FRAX model

Enrique Lopez Gavilanez, Helena Johansson, Eugene McCloskey, Nicholas C Harvey, Angel Segale Bajana, Denisse Marriott Blum, Mario Navarro Grijalva, Manuel Diaz Curiel, John A Kanis

Osteoporosis Original Article

An investigation of the bidirectional link between osteoporosis and periodontitis

D. C. Penoni, M. V. Vettore, S. R. Torres, M. L. F. Farias, A. T. T. Leão

Osteoporosis Short Communication

Low rate of densitometric diagnosis and treatment in patients with severe osteoporosis in Colombia

Daniel G. Fernández-Ávila, Diana N. Rincón-Riaño, Diego F. Pinzón, Juan M. Gutiérrez Dávila

Trisomy 21 Original Article

Analysis of volumetric BMD in people with Down syndrome using DXA-based 3D modeling

Marta García Hoyos, Ludovic Humbert, Zaida Salmón, José A. Riancho, Carmen Valero

Osteoporosis Original Article

Fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles is associated with bone mineral density of the lumbar spine

Yinxia Zhao, Mingqian Huang, Mario Serrano Sosa, Renee Cattell, Wei Fan, Mianwen Li, Jialing Chen, Meng Gao, Quan Zhou, Shaolin Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Chuan Huang

Osteoporosis Original Article

Effects of postoperative osteoporosis treatment on subsequent fracture and the 5-year survival rates after hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture

Adem Cobden, Serap Bulut Cobden, Yalkin Camurcu, Hanifi Ucpunar, Serda Duman, Hakan Sofu

Osteoporosis Original Article

The role of bone mineral density in therapeutic decision-making using the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX): a sub-study of the Taiwan OsteoPorosis Survey (TOPS)

Jia-Feng Chen, Shan-Fu Yu, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chih-Hsing Wu, Han-Ming Lai, Ying-Chou Chen, Yu-Jih Su, Jung-Fu Chen, Tien-Tsai Cheng

Vitamin D Deficiency Original Article

Higher serum alkaline phosphatase activity in infants born to vitamin D–deficient mothers

Ibrahim Al Alwan, Maryam Al Badi, Motasim Badri, Waleed Tamimi, Mohamed Al Dubayee, M. Zulf Mughal, Amir Babiker

Sarcopenia Original Article

Fragility fractures and imminent fracture risk in Hong Kong: one of the cities with longest life expectancies

Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Wing Tung Ho, Law Sheung Wai, Wilson Li, Wai Wang Chau, Kwoon-Ho Simon Chow, Wing-Hoi Cheung

Osteoporosis Original Article

Increased risk of osteoporosis in patients with peptic ulcer: a follow-up study using a national sample cohort

Hyo Geun Choi, Chae Chun Rhim, Ji Young Yoon, Bum Jung Park, Chan Yang Min, Suk Woo Lee

Scoliosis Original Article

Correlation between osteoporotic vertebral fracture and abdominal trunk muscle strength in middle-aged and older women

Satoshi Kato, Satoru Demura, Yuki Kurokawa, Kazuya Shinmura, Noriaki Yokogawa, Noritaka Yonezawa, Takaki Shimizu, Norihiro Oku, Ryo Kitagawa, Hidenori Matsubara, Tamon Kabata, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Forearm Fracture Original Article

Impact of reference point selection on DXA-based measurement of forearm bone mineral density

Wei Yu, Qifeng Ying, Wenmin Guan, Qiang Lin, Zaizhu Zhang, Jianfeng Chen, Klaus Engelke, Evelyn Hsieh

Osteoporosis Correction

Correction to: Effect of periodic abstinence from dairy products for approximately half of the year on bone health in adults following the Christian Orthodox Church fasting rules for decades

Nikolaos E. Rodopaios, Vassilis Mougios, Anna Konstantinidou, Stelios Iosifidis, Alexandra-Aikaterini Koulouri, Eleni Vasara, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Petros Skepastianos, Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Maria Hassapidou, Anthony G. Kafatos

Open Access Refracture Original Article

Bone-filling mesh container versus percutaneous kyphoplasty in treating Kümmell’s disease

Z.-K. Duan, J.-F. Zou, X.-L. He, C.-D. Huang, C.-J. He

Open Access Original Article

Hospital staff participation in a national hip fracture audit: facilitators and barriers

Stijn C. Voeten, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, J. H. Hegeman, Michel W.J.M. Wouters, Pieta Krijnen, Inger B. Schipper

Vitamin D Deficiency Original Article

The sunshine under our skin: public knowledge and practices about vitamin D deficiency in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Mudassir Anwar, Faris El-Dahiyat, Ammar Jairoun, Ruba Raed, Iqra Butt, Wasan Abdel-Majid, Hind Abdelgadir

Sarcopenia Original Article

Reduced leg muscle mass and lower grip strength in women are associated with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Yawara Eguchi, Toru Toyoguchi, Sumihisa Orita, Kazunori Shimazu, Kazuhide Inage, Kazuki Fujimoto, Miyako Suzuki, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Yasuhiro Shiga, Masahiro Inoue, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Satoshi Maki, Naoya Hirosawa, Yasuchika Aoki, Junichi Nakamura, Shigeo Hagiwara, Tsutomu Akazawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Seiji Ohtori

Open Access Shockwave Therapy Original Article

Effect of unfocused extracorporeal shockwave therapy on bone mineral content of twelve distal forearms of postmenopausal women: a clinical pilot study

Marianne K. E. Koolen, Moyo C. Kruyt, Fetullah C. Öner, Wolfgang Schaden, Harrie Weinans, Olav P. van der Jagt

Bisphosphonate Original Article

The health and economic burden of osteoporotic fractures in Singapore and the potential impact of increasing treatment rates through more pharmacological options

Manju Chandran, Tang Ching Lau, Isabelle Gagnon-Arpin, Alexandru Dobrescu, Wenshan Li, Man Yee Mallory Leung, Narendra Patil, Zhongyun Zhao

Original Article

East-west gradient in hip fracture incidence in Spain: how much can we explain by following the pattern of risk factors?

Ramón Mazzucchelli, Elia Pérez Fernández, Natalia Crespí Villarías, Miguel Ángel Tejedor Alonso, Pilar Sáez López, Alberto García-Vadillo

Osteoporosis Original Article

Breaking the cycle of recurrent fracture: implementing the first fracture liaison service (FLS) in British Columbia, Canada

Sonia Singh, David GT Whitehurst, Larry Funnell, Vicky Scott, Valerie MacDonald, Pet-Ming Leung, Kathleen Friesen, Fabio Feldman

Osteoporosis Original Article

The performance of osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA) in identifying the risk of osteoporosis among Malaysian population aged 40 years and above

Shaanthana Subramaniam, Chin-Yi Chan, Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman, Norazlina Mohamed, Norliza Muhammad, Fairus Ahmad, Pei-Yuen Ng, Nor Aini Jamil, Noorazah Abd Aziz, Kok-Yong Chin