The broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) of the right calcaneus was measured in 78 women with hip fracture (45 trochanteric and 33 cervical) and in 85 normal women (mean age 78 years and 63 years, respectively). All cases were postmenopausal and the hip fractures had resulted from a fall from stan
Broadband ultrasound attenuation of the os calcis: Preliminary study
β Scribed by J. L. Poet; I. Tonolli Serabian; H. Camboulives; M. Dufour; H. Roux
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 408 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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