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ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Volume 87, Issue 10, Pages 1376-1381Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.257
Keywords
bone density; osteoporosis; rehabilitation; spinal cord injuries; tibia; tomography; x-ray computed
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD039445, R01 HD039445-04, R01-HD 39445] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives: To determine (1) the error attributable to external tibia-length measurements by using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and (2) the effect these errors have on scan location and tibia trabecular bone mineral density (BMD) after spinal cord injury (SCI). Design: Blinded comparison and criterion standard in matched cohorts. Setting: Primary care university hospital. Participants: Eight able-bodied subjects underwent tibia length measurement. A separate cohort of 7 men with SCI and 7 able-bodied age-matched male controls underwent pQCT analysis. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The projected worst-case tibia-length-measurement error translated into a pQCT slice placement error of +/-3 mm. We collected pQCT slices at the distal 4% tibia site, 3mm proximal and 3mm distal to that site, and then quantified BMD error attributable to slice placement. Results: Absolute BMD error was greater for able-bodied than for SCI subjects (5.87 mg/cm(3) vs 4.5 mg/cm(3)). However, the percentage error in BMD was larger for SCI than able-bodied subjects (4.56% vs 2.23%). Conclusions: During cross-sectional studies of various populations, BMD differences up to 5% may be attributable to variation in limb-length-measurement error.
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