Normative values of lumbar spine mineral density and fracture threshold in Japanese measured by dual photon absorptiometry based on scinticamera methods (Dualomex HC-1)

1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Yasufumi Hayashi ◽  
Hideaki Takahashi ◽  
Hajime Orimo ◽  
Naoki Uchino ◽  
Tetsuo Inoue ◽  
...  
1988 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Eriksson ◽  
B. Isberg ◽  
U. Lindgren

The lumbar spine of 14 cadavers was studied both by 153Gd dual photon absorptiometry (DPA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) at 96 and 125 kVp. The intact spine and the individual vertebrae were analyzed. After these measurements the ash content of the vertebral body, the posterior elements, and the transverse processes was determined. The fat content of the vertebral body as well as its volume was also measured. With DPA, the bone mineral content (BMC) determined in situ as well as on excised spine specimens correlated highly with the amount of total vertebral ash (r>0.92, SEE<3.2 g). The bone mineral density (BMD, area density) of 3 lumbar vertebrae correlated accurately with the mean ash density of the vertebral body (r>0.81, SEE<0.015 g/cm3). The so-called corpus density and central density determinations were less accurate. No difference in accuracy was found between measurements when using 3 mm and 4.5 mm step intervals. Variations in the distribution of mineral between the vertebral body and the posterior elements contribute to the error in predicting vertebral body mineral with DPA. QCT gave a smaller error when a cylindric portion of the vertebral body with a 20 mm diameter was measured compared with one with a 9 mm diameter, when the dual energy technique was used (p<0.01). With dual energy QCT a correlation was found between a center segment of 3 vertebrae in the lumbar spine and the mean ash density of the vertebral body of r=0.92 (SEE=0.010 g/cm3). Single energy QCT was insignificantly less accurate than dual energy QCT. Only small differences were found between vertebrae with high fat density of the vertebral body when single or dual QCT was used. QCT was more accurate than DPA in the prediction of the mineral density of individual vertebral bodies (p<0.05) but no difference was found when the average values for the lumbar spine were calculated.


1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 2149-2156 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Snead ◽  
A. Weltman ◽  
J. Y. Weltman ◽  
W. S. Evans ◽  
J. D. Veldhuis ◽  
...  

We examined the relationships among reproductive hormone concentrations and bone mineral density (BMD) in 43 women runners classified as eumenorrheic (n = 24), oligomenorrheic (n = 8), or amenorrheic (n = 11). Results were compared with a eumenorrheic nonrunner control group (n = 11). Serum 17 beta-estradiol, progesterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations were determined in daily blood samples for 21 days, and integrated concentrations (areas under the curve) were calculated. BMD was assessed at the lumbar spine and proximal femur by dual-photon absorptiometry. As expected, 17 beta-estradiol, progesterone, and lumbar spine BMD were higher in the control and eumenorrheic runner groups than in the oligomenorrheic and amenorrheic runner groups (P less than 0.05). Progesterone concentration was significantly correlated with lumbar spine BMD in the eumenorrheic runners (r = 0.61). None of the steroid hormones was significantly related to BMD in the oligomenorrheic/amenorrheic group. The present data suggest that circulating levels of gonadal steroid hormones affect axial BMD in eumenorrheic runners.


1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Y. Reginster ◽  
D. Denis ◽  
R. Deroisy ◽  
A. Albert ◽  
N. Sarlet ◽  
...  

1985 ◽  
Vol 58 (691) ◽  
pp. 621-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Sambrook ◽  
C. Bartlett ◽  
R. Evans ◽  
R. Hesp ◽  
D. Katz ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 1075-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEINZ W. WAHNER ◽  
WILLIAM L. DUNN ◽  
MANUEL L. BROWN ◽  
RICHARD L. MORIN ◽  
B. LAWRENCE RIGGS

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1109-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Russell-Aulet ◽  
Jack Wang ◽  
John Thornton ◽  
Edward W.D. Colt ◽  
Richard N. Pierson

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 714-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK W. ELLIOTT ◽  
BRIAN EISENBERG ◽  
MAXINE H. DORIN ◽  
SYLVIA VELA ◽  
RICHARD I. DORIN ◽  
...  

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