Bone Mineral Density Monitoring in Contiguous versus Non-Contiguous Lumbar Vertebrae: The Manitoba BMD Registry.

Lumbar spine BMD change can be assessed from 2 or 3 non-contiguous vertebrae when clinically necessary, and precision in such cases is similar to using contiguous vertebrae. Non-contiguous vertebrae can detect treatment-concordant changes similar in spine BMD to contiguous vertebrae.