Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 78-83 , January 2006

Densitometric and Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements and Laboratory Investigations in Wheelchair-Bound Patients

  • Wojciech Pluskiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Nephrology, Metabolic Bone Disease Unit, Zabrze, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wojciech Pluskiewicz, MD, PhD, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, 3 Maja 13/15 Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
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  • Bogna Drozdzowska

      Affiliations

    • Department and Chair of Pathomorphology, Zabrze, Poland
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  • Anita Lyssek-Boroń

      Affiliations

    • Department and Clinic of Ophtalmology, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Tomasz Bielecki

      Affiliations

    • Department and Clinic of Orthopaedics, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Piotr Adamczyk

      Affiliations

    • Department and Clinic of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, and Endocrinology, Zabrze, Poland
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  • Przemysław Sawaryn

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Home for Disabled Subjects, Mikołów, Poland
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  • Maciej Misolek

      Affiliations

    • Department of E N T, Zabrze, Poland
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  • 1–5,7Silesian School of Medicine in Katowice, Poland

Received 22 June 2005 ,Revised 28 September 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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    Correlation between duration of immobilization and Z-score for alcaneal bone mineral density (BMD).

    Correlation between duration of immobilization and Z-score for alcaneal bone mineral density (BMD).

PII: S1094-6950(06)00005-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2005.09.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 78-83 , January 2006