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Relationships between <i>T</i>-scores at the hip and bone mineral density at the distal femur and proximal tibia in persons with spinal cord injury

Christopher M. Cirnigliaro, J. Scott Parrott, Mary Jane Myslinski, Pierre Asselin, Alexander T. Lombard, Michael F. La Fountaine, Steven Kirshblum, Gail Forrest, Trevor A. Dyson‐Hudson, Ann M. Spungen, William A. Bauman

Year
2019
Citations
15

Abstract

-score values at the TH and FN, with considerable inaccuracies outside the clinically acceptable limits of agreement. As such, the direct measurement of knee aBMD in persons with SCI should be performed, whenever possible, prior to prescribing weight bearing upright activities, such as robotic exoskeletal-assisted walking.

Keywords

MedicineFemurBone mineralSpinal cord injuryTibiaFemoral neckCutoffSurgeryAnatomyOsteoporosis

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