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Instant vertebral assessment can diagnose vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 2, pages 596–597 (2006)Cite this article

Chapurlat RD et al. (2006) Effectiveness of instant vertebral assessment to detect prevalent vertebral fracture. Osteoporos Int 17: 1189–1195

Around a quarter of European women aged over 75 years are thought to have experienced vertebral fracture; however, around two-thirds of vertebral fractures are not diagnosed immediately, which can delay the diagnosis of osteoporosis and, therefore, its treatment.

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Instant vertebral assessment can diagnose vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 596–597 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0309

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