Osteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and alterations of bone
microarchitecture, leading to an increased risk for fragility fractures and, eventually, to …

Osteoporosis is a silent disease without any evidence of disease until a fracture occurs.
Approximately 200 million people in the world are affected by osteoporosis and 8.9 million …

Objective The development of these guidelines is sponsored by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and American College of Endocrinology …

ABSTRACT Abbreviations: AACE= American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists AFF=
atypical femur fracture ASBMR= American Society for Bone and Mineral Research BEL …

The key role of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in the management of metabolic
bone diseases is well known. The role of DXA in the study of body composition and in the …

Bone and muscle are two deeply interconnected organs and a strong relationship between
them exists in their development and maintenance. The peak of both bone and muscle mass …

Osteoporosis and sarcopenia represent two major health problems with an increasing
prevalence in the elderly population. The correlation between these diseases has been …

The diagnosis and management of osteoporosis have been improved by the development of
new quantitative methods of skeletal assessment and by the availability of an increasing …

Metabolic bone diseases are a diverse group of diseases that result in abnormalities of (a)
bone mass,(b) structure mineral homeostasis,(c) bone turnover, or (d) growth. Osteoporosis …

Until recently there has been little evidence available to validate any method by which to
make an accurate diagnosis of an osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) from plain …