Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0003pp242 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2014

A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy of VFA using DXA in people aged over 50

Kim Deog-Yoon , Lee Yu Kyung , YoungEun Lee , Oh Sung-Hee , Hwang Jin-Seub , Kim Jinhee , Lee Joo-Hyun , Pyo Junhee , Kim Dam , Choi Yun Young , Bae Sang-Cheol , Sung Yoon-Kyoung

Objective: The postmenopausal women and elderly men have a big burden for osteoporosis related vertebral fracture and the frequency of clinically unrecognized vertebral fracture is known to be increasing. Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) using DXA is a convenient and safe method to patients together with bone density test and is reported to be proper as a screening method to prevent additional vertebral fracture as diagnosing the vertebral fracture with unrecognized symptom...