Physician treatment of osteoporosis in response to heel ultrasound bone mineral density reports.

Joan L Boyd, John P Holcomb, R J Rothenberg

Journal: Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry 2003;5(4):375-81

PMID: 12665638

Full Text on Elsevier Science View on PubMed

Abstract

Optimal information that should be included in ultrasound (US) heel bone mineral density (BMD) reports is not known. If additional information about further evaluation of patients with low heel BMD were included in reports, would responses for treatment improve? We screened people at health fairs using the Sahara heel US machine. For those with a T-score of

Address: Department of Health Professions, Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA.

DOI: 10.1385/jcd:5:4:375

Link outs

Free resources

Medical:

https://medlineplus.gov/osteoporosis.html

Subscription / membership required

Full Text Sources:

MeSH Terms: Bone Density, Calcaneus, Calcitonin, Calcium, Diphosphonates, Humans, Mass Screening, Osteoporosis, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Ultrasonography