European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Vertebral bone quality score as a novel tool for bone mineral density assessment: which measurement approach is more accurate?
Ze Zhou, Jia-Qi Wang, Kiyimba Daniel Mwesigwa, Yu Chen, Pei-Lin Jin, Xin-Yu Dong, Hua-Qing Zhang, Lu-Ping Zhou, Chong-Yu Jia, Liang Kang, Hui-Ya Ma, Cai-Liang Shen, Ren-Jie Zhang
Published: 202510.1007/s00586-025-09544-y
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study compared single-segment and multi-segment lumbar vertebral bone quality (VBQ) score measurements in assessing bone mineral density (BMD), diagnosing osteoporosis, and predicting thoracolumbar fragility fractures to determine the…
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