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Multidisciplinary Portuguese recommendations on DXA request and indication to t...
Marques, A; Rodrigues, AM; Romeu, JC; Ruano, A; Barbosa, AP; Simões, E; Águas, F; Canhão, H; Alves, JD; Lucas, R; Branco, JC; Laíns, J; Mascarenhas, MOBJECTIVE: To establish Portuguese recommendations regarding the indication to perform DXA and to initiate medication aimed at the prevention of fragility fractures. METHODS: A multidisciplinary panel, representing the full spectrum of medical specialties and patient associations devoted to osteoporosis, as well as national experts in this field and in health economics, was gathered to developed recommendations...
Smoking is a predictor of worse trabecular mechanical performance in hip fragil...
Rodrigues, AM; Caetano-Lopes, J; Vale, AC; Aleixo, I; Pena, AS; Faustino, A; Sepriano, A; Polido-Pereira, J; Vieira-Sousa, E; Lucas, R; Romeu, JCClinical risk factors (CRFs) are established predictors of fracture events. However, the influence of individual CRFs on trabecular mechanical fragility is still a subject of debate. In this study, we aimed to assess differences, adjusted for CRFs, between bone macrostructural parameters measured in ex-vivo specimens from hip fragility fracture patients and osteoarthritis patients, and to determine whether indi...