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Researchers at University of Western Australia Publish New Data on Osteoporosis

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 23rd, 2012

2012 FEB 23 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Osteoporosis International, "In a population of elderly women, bone cross-sectional area (CSA), cross-sectional moment of inertia (CSMI), section modulus (Z), femoral neck axis length (FNAL), and width measured with hip structure analysis (HSA) on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) images in the femoral neck and trochanteric regions are highly correlated to quantitative computed tomography (QCT) measurements. HSA is a method of obtaining measurements of proximal femur structure using 2D DXA technology."

"This study was designed to examine the correlations between...

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