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New technologies in the evaluation of bone fragility and its application in Endocrinology

01-nov-2020 | Revista: Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición

Antonia García Martín  1 , Magdalena de la Higuera López-Frías  2 , María Cortés Berdonces  3 , Esteban Jodar Gimeno  4 , Verónica Ávila Rubio  5 , María Rosa Alhambra  6 , Manuel Muñoz Torres  7


Abstract

Bone mineral density using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is the gold standard for the assessment of bone and an important predictor of fracture risk. However, most fragility fractures occur in people without densitometric osteoporosis, especially in endocrinological diseases.

Fracture risk estimation tools such as FRAX have improved diagnostic sensitivity but do not include additional skeletal features. Bone microarchitecture research represents an improvement in the treatment of these patients.

In this document members of the Mineral and Bone Metabolism Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition review new advances in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and other complex techniques for the study of bone microarchitecture as well as the available data on type 2 diabetes and parathyroid pathology.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov;67(9):602-610. doi: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.01.005. Epub 2020 May 19.