Abstract
Normative population data are reported here for velocity of ultrasound in tibial cortical bone in a population-based sample of both men and women (n=371). The cortical measurement is highly precise with reproducibility of the order of 0.5%. As with heel and patellar trabecular velocity, tibial cortical velocity declines with age from the fourth through the ninth decades. The rate is 1.7 m/s per year in men and 4.1 m/s per year in women. Tibial cortical velocity values correlate with patellar velocity and with forearm mineral, with correlation coefficients ranging from + 0.46 to +0.54 in women and +0.27 to +0.43 in men (P
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 349-353 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Osteoporosis International |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - Sep 1 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Stegman, M. R., Heaney, R. P., Travers-Gustafson, D., & Leist, J. (1995). Cortical ultrasound velocity as an indicator of bone status. Osteoporosis International, 5(5), 349-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622257