Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a condition of severe low weight that is associated with low bone mass, impaired bone structure, and reduced bone strength, all of which contribute to increased fracture risk. Adolescents with AN have decreased rates of bone accrual compared with normal-weight controls, raising additional concerns of suboptimal peak bone mass and future bone health in this age group. Ch...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of bone mass density with chronic backache. METHODS The case-control observational study was conducted at Bone Mass Density Assessment Unit, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro from January 2011 to December 2013. Adult patients of either gender having chronic backache were studied alongside subjects without backache who served as the ...

background: ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that leads to a progressive ankylosis of vertebras and ossification of paravertebral ligaments. bone loss and osteoporosis are amongst the important complications of as, treatment of which is a challenging issue. objectives: this study aimed to clarify the effect of alendronate on the prevention of bone loss in patient...

Myelomeningocele causes serious locomotor disability, osteoporosis and pathologic fractures. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body composition, bone mineral density, walking ability and sport activity in myelomeningocele children. 60 patients aged between 5 and 14 yrs with myelomeningocele (22 ambulatory and 38 non-ambulatory), were studied. Fat mass and fat-fre...

Osteoporosis is a common metabolic disease characterized by low bone mass density. It affects both trabecular and cortical bone. Bone density is an important determinant which plays a vital role in the success of dental implant and denture treatment. A study to determine correlation between mandible trabecullar bone texture parameter with bone mass density value has been done. Samples of this s...

Recent studies have shown that obesity is associated with an increased risk of fracture in both adults and children. It has been suggested that, despite greater bone size, obese individuals may have reduced true volumetric density; however this is difficult to assess using two dimensional techniques such as DXA. We evaluated the relationship between fat mass, and bone size and density, in a pop...

osteoporosis is a major health problem because of the large health care costs associated with its clinical consequences. it is therefore of great importance to identify modifiable risk factors. we investigated association between fruit and vegetables intake and bone mineral density in rural population of tehran surroundings. subjects were a subgroup of a large study on prevalence and causes of ...