Bone Mineral Density After Spinal Cord Injury: A Reliable Method for Knee Measurement Richard K. Shields, PhD, PT, Janet Schlechte, MD, Shauna Dudley-Javoroski, PT, Bradley D. Zwart, PT, Steven D. Clark, PT, Susan A. Grant, PT, Vicki M. Mattiace, PT Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 86, Issue 10, Pages 1969-1973 (October 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.001 Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Mean and standard deviation of BMD of subjects with and without SCI. (A) BMD at every hip region was significantly reduced for SCI group (P<.05). (B) BMD at the lumbar spine did not differ at any level between SCI and able-bodied group (P>.05). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1969-1973DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.001) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) BMD at the distal femur and (B) BMD at the proximal tibia were significantly less (P<.05) for the SCI group, as determined by 4 masked raters using a newly developed protocol (see appendix 1). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1969-1973DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.001) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Correlations between (A) hip and distal femur BMD and (B) hip and proximal tibia BMD, as assessed by 4 masked raters. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1969-1973DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.001) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions