Reproducibility of DXA-based bone strain index and the influence of body mass: an in vivo study.

Carmelo MessinaLuca Petruccio PiodiLuca RinaudoCiriaco BuonomennaLuca Maria SconfienzaLaura VerganiFabio Massimo Ulivieri

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2019)

BSI reproducibility was significantly lower than that of BMD and decreased proportionally to BMI and WC increase. This reduction of BSI reproducibility was more pronounced in patients with BMI ≥ 30 and WC > 88, as expected, being BSI a parameter sensible to weight.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
bone mineral density
physical activity
weight loss
postmenopausal women
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
soft tissue