Musculoskeletal Key

  Age AP-BMD L-BMD Mid-BMD FN-BMD TR-BMD WD-BMD Osteophyte score Disc score No. of vertebral fractures Age  −0.218* −0.306** −0.254* −0.327** −0.328** −0.291* −0.027 0.016 0.295** AP-BMD   0.727*** 0.669*** 0.740***…

Fig. 5.1 Schematic representation why small loss in BMD could result in big loss in mechanical strength of the whole bone and why small gain in BMD could contribute to…