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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Behrens, Martin
• Felser, Sabine
• Mau-Moeller, Anett
• Weippert, Matthias
• Pollex, Johannes
• Skripitz, Ralf
• Herlyn, Philipp K E
• Fischer, Dagmar-C
• Bruhn, Sven
• Schober, Hans-Christof
• Zschorlich, Volker
• Mittlmeier, Thomas

Titel

The Bindex(®) ultrasound device: reliability of cortical bone thickness measures and their relationship to regional bone mineral density

Ist Teil von

• Physiological measurement, 2016-09, Vol.37 (9), p.1528-1540

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Bindex(®) quantitative ultrasound (QUS) device is currently available and this study analyzed (I) its relative and absolute intra- and inter-session reliability and (II) the relationship between the data provided by Bindex(®)-QUS and the bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at corresponding skeletal sites in young and healthy subjects (age: 25.0  ±  3.6 years). Bindex(®)-QUS calculates a density index on the basis of the thickness of cortical bone measured at the distal radius and the distal plus proximal tibia. The data show a very good relative and absolute intra- (ICC  =  0.977, CV  =  1.5%) and inter-session reliability (ICC  =  0.978, CV  =  1.4%) for the density index. The highest positive correlations were found between cortical thickness and BMD for the distal radius and distal tibia (r  ⩾  0.71, p  <  0.001). The data indicate that the Bindex(®)-QUS parameters are repeatable within and between measurement sessions. Furthermore, the measurements reflect the BMD at specific skeletal sites. Bindex(®)-QUS might be a useful tool for the measurement of skeletal adaptations.