Assessment of the risk of vertebral fracture by measuring bone mineral density
骨塩密度装置よりみる脊椎圧迫骨折の危険値について

Nobutake Nakane, Hiroyuki Yonemitsu, Shuichiro Takahashi, Yasuhiro Araki, Etsuo Nishikido, Fuminori Koga, Kazuhiko Momosaki
1990 Orthopedics & Traumatology  
In 161 persons (over 70 years old) with complaining of lumbago, bone mineral density (BMD) was meaured at the lumbar spine by DEXA (QDR 1000). In 87 cases-54% (8 men-23.5% and 79 women-62.2%) X-ray findings of lumbar and thoracic spines showed at least one vertebral fracture due to osteoporosis.
doi:10.5035/nishiseisai.39.433 fatcat:v6xtttfx2jamlp7cshn5yp6vj4