The elderly population has substantially increased worldwide. Aging is a complex process,
and the effects of aging are myriad and insidious, leading to progressive deterioration of …

Assessing local bone quality on CT scans with Hounsfield unit (HU) quantification is being
used with increasing frequency. Correlations between HU and bone mineral density have …

Background: Measurements obtained from clinical computed tomography examinations may
yield information leading to the diagnosis of decreased bone mineral density, without added …

Authored by experts of international renown, the new edition of The Biomechanics of Back
Pain forms a bridge between the latest research and the effective clinical management of …

MicroComputed Tomography has become the gold standard for studying 3D microscopic
structures nondestructively, and this book provides up-to-date coverage of the modality. The …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients may have high rates of bone loss and fractures, but
microarchitectural and biochemical mechanisms of bone loss in CKD patients have not been …

Objective Use of quantitative computed tomography (CT) to evaluate bone mineral density
was suggested in the 1970s. Despite its reliability and accuracy, technical shortcomings …

Since the publication of the 2nd edition of White and Panjabi׳ s textbook, Clinical
Biomechanics of the Spine in 1990, there has been considerable research on the …

ABSTRACT The Active‐Controlled Fracture Study in Postmenopausal Women With
Osteoporosis at High Risk (ARCH) trial (NCT01631214; https://clinicaltrials. gov/ct2/show …

Background Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan is an easy and cost-effective
method of assessing bone mineral density (BMD). However, in patients with degenerative …