Understanding how bones are innately designed, robustly developed and delicately
maintained through intricate anatomical features and physiological processes across the …

The number of the people with osteoporosis increases as the population ages. Increasing
numbers of patients with osteoporotic fractures may have a serious economic impact on …

Objectives: To investigate the association of soccer playing and long-distance running with
total and regional bone mineral density (BMD). Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting …

ContextIdentification of women with low bone mineral density (BMD) is an important strategy
in reducing the incidence of osteoporotic fractures. However, screening all women is not …

We pooled bone mineral density (BMD) data published in 91 articles including 139,912
Chinese adults and then established a national-wide BMD reference database at the lumbar …

The reference values of bone mineral density (BMD) were determined in healthy Saudis of
both sexes and compared with US/northern European and other reference data. BMD was …

The aim of this study was to establish bone mineral density (BMD) reference norms for Hong
Kong Chinese using Hologic QDR 2000 and 4500 densitometers, and to estimate the …

Musculoskeletal examinations provide informative and valuable quantitative insight into
muscle and bone health. DXA is one mainstream tool used to accurately and reliably …

Osteoporosis is a highly prevalent but preventable disease and, as such, it is important that
there are appropriate diagnostic criteria to identify those at risk of low trauma fracture. In …

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem in the Western countries and is projected to
have a similar impact in the Middle East. It has been suggested that peak bone mineral …