Titlebook: Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients; Aenor J. Sawyer,Laura K. Bachrach,Ellen B. Fung Book 20071st edition Humana Press 2007 bone.childho

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2364-1150 nd Fung, is a milestone book for all health prof- sionals concerned with bone health in growing patients. The book introduces and emphasizes the importance of attending to issues of bone health and development in childhood and adolescence as a way of maintaining such health and decreasing the epidem

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Tools for Measuring Bone in Children and Adolescents,detail. Table 1 provides a technical overview of costs, uses, precision, and radiation exposure associated with densitometry methods. Radiation doses associated with other imaging modalities and with natural background sources are provided for comparison in Table 2.

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Rationale for Bone Densitometry in Childhood and Adolescence,tiometry (DXA). Although a valuable tool, the use of DXA to evaluate children has highlighted its limitations. By recognizing the shortcomings, yet exploiting the strengths of DXA, this noninvasive, low-risk, readily available tool could aid in identifying children at risk for inadequate bone development and monitoring treatment.

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Life and Death in the Gombe Chimpanzeestiometry (DXA). Although a valuable tool, the use of DXA to evaluate children has highlighted its limitations. By recognizing the shortcomings, yet exploiting the strengths of DXA, this noninvasive, low-risk, readily available tool could aid in identifying children at risk for inadequate bone development and monitoring treatment.

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Life History of Intermediate Mass Starslity are accrued (.–(.). If not reversed, this results in reduced peak bone, increasing the lifetime risk of osteoporotic fracture. In severely affected children, low-impact or fragility fractures can begin in childhood.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4773-5nical scan results. This chapter summarizes these methods, cites examples of research applications in healthy children and children with chronic disease, and considers the potential strengths and weaknesses of these techniques.