International Society for Clinical Densitometry Official Positions: Asia-Pacific Region Consensus

Received 12 April 2010; received in revised form 18 May 2010; accepted 20 May 2010. published online 22 July 2010.
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Abstract

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (lSCD) is a nonprofit multidisciplinary international professional organization. The ISCD mission is to advance excellence in the assessment of skeletal health. To achieve this mission, the ISCD has conducted a number of Position Development Conferences over the past 10yr, bringing together international experts to review and create evidence-based position statements guiding clinicians involved in the area. The Asia-Pacific (AP) Panel of the ISCD was formed to give regional input to the ISCD from the AP Region and to oversee ISCD education and certification programs in the region. An AP Panel consensus meeting recently reviewed the most current Official Positions of the ISCD in view of the different population characteristics and health standards in the region. The reviewed position statements included those for bone testing by central and peripheral devices but did not include ISCD Official Positions on Vertebral Fracture Assessment or pediatric bone mineral density.

Key Words: Asia-Pacific standards, bone densitometry, diagnosis, osteoporosis

1 Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2 Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

3 SCBR (Saitama Center for Bone Research), Kubojima Clinic, Japan

4 Osteoporosis Treatment Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Ang University, School of Medicine, Yongsan Gu, Seoul, Korea

6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Beijing United Family Clinic and Hospital, Beijing, China

7 Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, and Department of Radiology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taiwan

8 Division of Endocrinology, University of British Columbia, Canada

9 Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

10 New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA

11 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

12 Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, CO, USA

Address correspondence to: Annie W.C. Kung, University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

PII: S1094-6950(10)00194-0

doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2010.05.006