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Nakano W, Ozaki E, Kato M, Tsukamoto T, Ono S, Tomida S, Kuriyama N, Koyama T. Association between bone health and dynapenic obesity in postmenopausal women. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24:378-384. [PMID: 38439587 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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AIM The combination of dynapenia (age-related muscle weakness) and obesity is referred to as dynapenic obesity. We examined the associations between dynapenic obesity and cortical bone thickness and trabecular bone density. METHODS The participants were 797 community-dwelling postmenopausal women (with an average age of 62.5 years) who were stratified into normopenia without obesity, dynapenia without obesity (dynapenia), normopenia with obesity (obesity) and dynapenia with obesity (dynapenia obesity) groups based on their grip strength and body fat percentage. Cortical bone thickness and trabecular bone density were measured using ultrasonic bone densitometry. The participants were further divided into those with low cortical bone thickness and low trabecular bone density. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify associated factors. RESULTS Individuals with dynapenia (odds ratio [OR] 1.77, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16-2.68), obesity (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.62-3.75) and dynapenic obesity (OR 4.07, 95% CI 2.44-6.79) all significantly increased the odds of low cortical bone thickness. Conversely, the odds of low trabecular bone density were significantly lower in the obesity group (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.43-0.99) and dynapenic obesity group (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.37-0.97). CONCLUSIONS Dynapenic obesity was found to be associated with cortical bone thinning that might compromise bone health. Postmenopausal women with dynapenic obesity might need to be closely monitored for preserving bone health. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 378-384.
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- Wataru Nakano
- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Omote-jyunkankika Cardiovascular Clinic, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
- Graduate School of Public Health, Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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Takagi D, Kato M, Ozaki E, Kurita Y, Nakano W, Matsui D, Koyama T. The combination of locomotive syndrome and poor sleep quality is a risk factor of falls among community-dwelling middle-aged and older women: A cross-sectional study. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; 23:912-918. [PMID: 37932124 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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AIM The combination of locomotive syndrome (LS) and poor sleep quality (PQ) has not yet been shown to result in falls or to affect bone conditions in old age and middle age. [Correction added on 1 December 2023, after first online publication: The preceding sentence has been updated for clarity.] METHODS: This cross-sectional study enrolled 2233 community-dwelling middle-aged to older Japanese women. LS and PSQ were assessed by the stand-up test, two-step test, the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Participants with both LS 1-3 (any) and a PSQI score ≥6 were classified as belonging to the LS(+)/PSQ(+) group. The incidence of falls in the previous month was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Bone conditions were evaluated using an ultrasonic bone densitometer. RESULTS The LS(+)/PSQ(+) group independently had a higher risk of falls after adjusting for confounding factors than the LS(-)/PSQ(-) group using multiple logistic regression analysis (odds ratio 1.92, 95% confidence interval 1.01-3.65, P < 0.05). No relationships between LS(-)/PSQ(+) and LS(+)/PSQ(-) groups and the incidences of fall were observed (P > 0.05). [Correction added on 1 December 2023, after first online publication: The two preceding sentences have been corrected to provide greater clarity.] The LS(+)/PSQ(+) group had lower trabecular bone density and cortical bone thickness than the LS(-)/PSQ(-) group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The combination of LS and PSQ is an independent risk factor of falls, indicating that assessing both LS and PSQ could be useful in detecting middle-aged and older women with low bone density and thickness who fall easily at an early stage. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; 23: 912-918.
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- Daisuke Takagi
- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Shizuoka Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
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Ultrasonic Assessment of Cancellous Bone Based on the Two-Wave Phenomenon. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1364:119-143. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91979-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kuriyama N, Ozaki E, Koyama T, Matsui D, Watanabe I, Tomida S, Nagamitsu R, Hashiguchi K, Inaba M, Yamada S, Horii M, Mizuno S, Yoneda Y, Kurokawa M, Kobayashi D, Fukuda S, Iwasa K, Watanabe Y, Uehara R. Evaluation of myostatin as a possible regulator and marker of skeletal muscle-cortical bone interaction in adults. J Bone Miner Metab 2021; 39:404-415. [PMID: 33044569 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-020-01160-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Bone mass was recently reported to be related to skeletal muscle mass in humans, and a decrease in cortical bone is a risk factor for osteoporosis. Because circulating myostatin is a factor that primarily controls muscle metabolism, this study examined the role of myostatin in bone mass-skeletal muscle mass interactions. METHODS The subjects were 375 middle-aged community residents with no history of osteoporosis or sarcopenia who participated in a health check-up. Cortical bone thickness and cancellous bone density were measured by ultrasonic bone densitometry in a health check-up survey. The subjects were divided into those with low cortical bone thickness (LCT) or low cancellous bone density (LBD) and those with normal values (NCT/NBD). Bone metabolism markers (TRACP-5b, etc.), skeletal muscle mass, serum myostatin levels, and lifestyle were then compared between the groups. RESULTS The percentage of diabetic participants, TRACP-5b, and myostatin levels were significantly higher, and the frequency of physical activity, skeletal muscle mass, grip strength, and leg strength were significantly lower in the LCT group than in the NCT group. The odds ratio (OR) of high myostatin levels in the LCT group compared with the NCT group was significant (OR 2.17) even after adjusting for related factors. Between the low cancellous bone density (LBD) and normal cancellous bone density (NBD) groups, significant differences were observed in the same items as between the LCT and NCT groups, but no significant differences were observed in skeletal muscle mass and blood myostatin levels. The myostatin level was significantly negatively correlated with cortical bone thickness and skeletal muscle mass. CONCLUSIONS A decrease in cortical bone thickness was associated with a decrease in skeletal muscle mass accompanied by an increase in the blood myostatin level. Blood myostatin may regulate the bone-skeletal muscle relationship and serve as a surrogate marker of bone metabolism, potentially linking muscle mass to bone structure.
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- Nagato Kuriyama
- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, Kindai University Nara Hospital, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Promoting and Geriatric Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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Ozaki E, Matsukawa M, Mano I, Matsui D, Yoneda Y, Masumura M, Koyama T, Watanabe I, Maekawa M, Tomida S, Iwasa K, Umemura S, Kuriyama N, Uehara R. Growth of cortical bone thickness and trabecular bone density in Japanese children. Bone 2020; 141:115669. [PMID: 33022454 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The acquisition of a high bone density at a young age is a strategy to prevent fractures/falls later in life. We therefore decided to investigate the increases in cortical thickness (CoTh) and trabecular bone density (TBD) of children. METHODS Subjects comprised 1314 students (678 boys and 636 girls) aged between 12 and 18 years. Lifestyle factors were examined with a self-administered questionnaire (sleep times, exercise habits, and calcium intake). Bone growth was assessed based on CoTh and TBD using an ultrasonic bone densitometer. Height, weight, and body fat percentage were also measured. RESULTS Increases in CoTh and TBD occurred earlier in girls than in boys. Calcium intake was not sufficient at any of the ages examined, and sleep times were shorter than those recommended by the National Sleep Foundation. Increases in CoTh and TBD occurred subsequent to increases in height. Although increases in CoTh were observed with age in both sexes, TBD increased in boys until the age of 17 years and in girls until the age of 15 years. At 18 years of age, the young adult mean value was greater than 100% for CoTh but lower than 100% for TBD. A multivariate analysis identified age, body mass index (BMI), and exercise as independent positive factors for CoTh, while body fat percentage was an independent negative factor. Age and BMI were independent positive factors for TBD in both sexes, whereas body fat percentage was a positive factor in boys only. CONCLUSIONS The study found that CoTH and TBD varied with age and differed in increase in boys and girls; related factors of bone increase could also be found. The results of this study may contribute to the acquisition of high bone density in children and adolescents.
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- Etsuko Ozaki
- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Ultrasonic Electronics, Applied Ultrasonic Research Center, Doshisha University, 1-3, Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan
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- Laboratory of Ultrasonic Electronics, Applied Ultrasonic Research Center, Doshisha University, 1-3, Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan; OYO Electric Co., Ltd., 63-1, Nakamichi-Omote, Hirakawa, Joyo, Kyoto 610-0101, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- OYO Electric Co., Ltd., 63-1, Nakamichi-Omote, Hirakawa, Joyo, Kyoto 610-0101, Japan
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- Department of Health System Management, Hyogo University, 2301 Hiraoka-cho Shinzaike, Kakogawa, Hyogo 675-0195, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan; Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Iwasa Clinic, 9-22, Korien-cho, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0086, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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Wear KA. Mechanisms of Interaction of Ultrasound With Cancellous Bone: A Review. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2020; 67:454-482. [PMID: 31634127 PMCID: PMC7050438 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2947755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Ultrasound is now a clinically accepted modality in the management of osteoporosis. The most common commercial clinical devices assess fracture risk from measurements of attenuation and sound speed in cancellous bone. This review discusses fundamental mechanisms underlying the interaction between ultrasound and cancellous bone. Because of its two-phase structure (mineralized trabecular network embedded in soft tissue-marrow), its anisotropy, and its inhomogeneity, cancellous bone is more difficult to characterize than most soft tissues. Experimental data for the dependencies of attenuation, sound speed, dispersion, and scattering on ultrasound frequency, bone mineral density, composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties are presented. The relative roles of absorption, scattering, and phase cancellation in determining attenuation measurements in vitro and in vivo are delineated. Common speed of sound metrics, which entail measurements of transit times of pulse leading edges (to avoid multipath interference), are greatly influenced by attenuation, dispersion, and system properties, including center frequency and bandwidth. However, a theoretical model has been shown to be effective for correction for these confounding factors in vitro and in vivo. Theoretical and phantom models are presented to elucidate why cancellous bone exhibits negative dispersion, unlike soft tissue, which exhibits positive dispersion. Signal processing methods are presented for separating "fast" and "slow" waves (predicted by poroelasticity theory and supported in cancellous bone) even when the two waves overlap in time and frequency domains. Models to explain dependencies of scattering on frequency and mean trabecular thickness are presented and compared with measurements. Anisotropy, the effect of the fluid filler medium (marrow in vivo or water in vitro), phantoms, computational modeling of ultrasound propagation, acoustic microscopy, and nonlinear properties in cancellous bone are also discussed.
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Kurajoh M, Inaba M, Motoyama K, Kuriyama N, Ozaki E, Koyama T, Yamada S, Morioka T, Imanishi Y, Emoto M. Inverse association of plasma leptin with cortical thickness at distal radius determined with a quantitative ultrasound device in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Investig 2020; 11:174-183. [PMID: 31074113 PMCID: PMC6944815 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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AIMS/INTRODUCTION Osteoporosis is known to be intimately related to sympathetic nerve activity. We examined the relationship of plasma leptin with cortical and trabecular bone components in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present cross-sectional study included 182 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (93 men, 89 women). Cortical thickness (CoTh) and trabecular bone mineral density (BMD) were determined at the 5.5% distal radius using an LD-100 ultrasonic bone densitometry device. Plasma leptin along with physical and laboratory measurements was simultaneously determined. RESULTS Plasma leptin, but not body mass index (BMI), was inversely correlated with CoTh (ρ = -0.487, P < 0.001), while BMI, but not plasma leptin, was positively correlated with trabecular BMD (ρ = 0.369, P < 0.001). In multivariable regression analysis, after adjustments for age, sex, duration of diabetes, glycated hemoglobin A1c, albumin, estimated glomerular filtration rate, parathyroid hormone and handgrip strength, plasma leptin was inversely associated with CoTh (β = -0.258, P < 0.001), but not trabecular BMD. Furthermore, plasma leptin level retained a significant association with CoTh after further adjustment for BMI (β = -0.237, P < 0.001) and BMI plus waist-to-hip ratio (β = -0.243, P < 0.001). In contrast, the "sex × leptin" interaction was not significant (P = 0.596). CONCLUSIONS Leptin level in plasma, independent of BMI and BMI plus waist-to-hip ratio, was shown to be inversely associated with CoTh, but not trabecular BMD, suggesting that hyperleptinemia resulting from obesity might contribute to cortical porosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Masafumi Kurajoh
- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of DiabetesOsaka City General HospitalOsakaJapan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular MedicineOsaka City University Graduate School of MedicineOsakaJapan
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Nakamura M, Inaba M, Yamada S, Ozaki E, Maruo S, Okuno S, Imanishi Y, Kuriyama N, Watanabe Y, Emoto M, Motoyama K. Association of Decreased Handgrip Strength with Reduced Cortical Thickness in Japanese Female Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10767. [PMID: 30018407 PMCID: PMC6050319 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29061-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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LD-100, a quantitative ultrasonic device, allows us to measure cortical thickness (CoTh). Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) show high prevalence of sarcopenia. This study aimed to clarify the association of handgrip strength (HGS) with cortical porosis, a major risk for fracture of DM. CoTh and trabecular bone mineral density (TrBMD) at the 5.5% distal radius were assessed in T2DM female patients (n = 122) and non-DM female controls (n = 704) by LD-100. T2DM patients aged older 40 years showed significantly lower HGS and CoTh, but not TrBMD, than non-DM counterparts. Although HGS was significantly and positively correlated with CoTh and TrBMD in T2DM patients, multivariate analysis revealed HGS as an independent factor positively associated with CoTh, but not TrBMD, in T2DM patients, suggesting the preferential association of HGS with cortical, but not trabecular, bone component in T2DM female patients. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated an early decline of HGS in T2DM female patients as compared with non-DM healthy controls after the age of 40 years, which is independently associated with thinner CoTh, but not TrBMD in T2DM patients, and thus suggested that reduced muscle strength associated with DM might be a major factor for cortical porosis development in DM patients.
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Shirasagi Hosiptal, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Mizuno S, Matsui D, Watanabe I, Ozaki E, Kuriyama N, Watanabe Y. Serologically Determined Gastric Mucosal Condition Is a Predictive Factor for Osteoporosis in Japanese Men. Dig Dis Sci 2015; 60:2063-9. [PMID: 25663243 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-015-3576-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are few reports about the influence of Helicobacter pylori infection and/or atrophic gastritis on bone conditions in Japan. AIMS To assess whether the combination of serologically determined Helicobacter pylori infection and atrophic gastritis is available as a biomarker for bone conditions. METHODS We studied 230 men in their 50s and 60s. Helicobacter pylori infection was determined using serum antibody to this bacterium. Atrophic gastritis was diagnosed on the basis of the serum pepsinogen I and II criteria. The characteristics of the participants' bone were measured at the radius using an ultrasonic bone densitometry system. The risks of low trabecular bone density, low elastic modulus of trabecular bone, and low cortical thickness among subjects who were positive for Helicobacter pylori infection and/or atrophic gastritis relative to those who were not were calculated. RESULTS Helicobacter pylori infection significantly increased the risk of low trabecular bone density (odds ratio 1.83, 95 % confidence interval 1.04-3.21, P = 0.03). Atrophic gastritis significantly increased the risk of low trabecular bone density (2.22, 1.17-4.22, 0.01). Compared with anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody (-) and atrophic gastritis (-) subjects, anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody (+) and atrophic gastritis (+) subjects were a significant high-risk group for low trabecular bone density (2.65, 1.27-5.55, 0.01). CONCLUSIONS A serological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection and atrophic gastritis, which is utilized for risk assessment of gastric cancer, was suggested to be useful for risk assessment of osteoporosis.
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- Shigeto Mizuno
- Department of Medical Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyama-kita, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan,
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Estimation of in vivo cortical bone thickness using ultrasonic waves. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2015; 42:315-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s10396-015-0617-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lee KI. Dependences of ultrasonic properties on frequency and trabecular spacing in trabecular-bone-mimicking phantoms. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2015; 137:EL194-9. [PMID: 25698050 DOI: 10.1121/1.4907738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The dependences of ultrasonic properties on the frequency and the trabecular spacing were investigated in 20 trabecular-bone-mimicking phantoms consisting of cellular copper foams. The strong slow waves were consistently observed in the signals transmitted through all of the phantoms. The frequency-dependent phase velocity and attenuation coefficient of the slow wave were measured at frequencies from 0.7 to 1.3 MHz. The phase velocity decreased approximately linearly with increasing frequency while the attenuation coefficients increased with increasing frequency. The phase velocity increased monotonically with increasing trabecular spacing from 1337 to 2931 μm while the attenuation coefficient decreased with increasing spacing.
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- Kang Il Lee
- Department of Physics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea
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Mishima T, Motoyama K, Imanishi Y, Hamamoto K, Nagata Y, Yamada S, Kuriyama N, Watanabe Y, Emoto M, Inaba M. Decreased cortical thickness, as estimated by a newly developed ultrasound device, as a risk for vertebral fracture in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with eGFR of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Osteoporos Int 2015; 26:229-36. [PMID: 25187117 PMCID: PMC4286635 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-014-2843-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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UNLABELLED Cortical porosity is increasingly recognized as an important risk for fracture in DM patients. The present study demonstrated that decreased cortical thickness, assessed using a newly developed quantitative ultrasonic bone densitometry, is a significant risk factor for vertebral fractures in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with stage 3 or higher chronic kidney disease, but not in those without. INTRODUCTION Cortical porosity is increasingly recognized as an important risk factor for fracture in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients as well as in stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in whom serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) starts to increase. The present study aimed to clarify whether the coexistence of CKD might affect the relationship of decreased cortical thickness (CoTh) in the development of vertebral fractures (VF) in T2DM patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, trabecular bone mineral density (TrBMD), elastic modulus of trabecular bone (EMTb), and CoTh were estimated with a new quantitative ultrasound bone densitometry in 173 T2DM patients. VFs were identified radiographically. RESULTS Thirty-nine patients (22.5%) had VF. Those with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (low eGFR) showed a significantly higher VF rate (32.4%) than those with eGFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (high eGFR, 16.2%). Serum PTH was significantly higher with low eGFR than with high eGFR. In those with high eGFR, EMTb was significantly lower in VF(+) than VF(-). In those with low eGFR, TrBMD, EMTb, and CoTh were significantly lower in VF(+) than in VF(-). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, EMTb was independently and significantly associated with VF in T2DM patients with a high eGFR, in contrast to those with only CoTh with VF in T2DM with low eGFR. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated CoTh as a factor independently associated with VF in T2DM patients with low eGFR and increasing serum PTH levels.
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- T. Mishima
- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585 Japan
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Mézière F, Muller M, Bossy E, Derode A. Measurements of ultrasound velocity and attenuation in numerical anisotropic porous media compared to Biot's and multiple scattering models. ULTRASONICS 2014; 54:1146-54. [PMID: 24125533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This article quantitatively investigates ultrasound propagation in numerical anisotropic porous media with finite-difference simulations in 3D. The propagation media consist of clusters of ellipsoidal scatterers randomly distributed in water, mimicking the anisotropic structure of cancellous bone. Velocities and attenuation coefficients of the ensemble-averaged transmitted wave (also known as the coherent wave) are measured in various configurations. As in real cancellous bone, one or two longitudinal modes emerge, depending on the micro-structure. The results are confronted with two standard theoretical approaches: Biot's theory, usually invoked in porous media, and the Independent Scattering Approximation (ISA), a classical first-order approach of multiple scattering theory. On the one hand, when only one longitudinal wave is observed, it is found that at porosities higher than 90% the ISA successfully predicts the attenuation coefficient (unlike Biot's theory), as well as the existence of negative dispersion. On the other hand, the ISA is not well suited to study two-wave propagation, unlike Biot's model, at least as far as wave speeds are concerned. No free fitting parameters were used for the application of Biot's theory. Finally we investigate the phase-shift between waves in the fluid and the solid structure, and compare them to Biot's predictions of in-phase and out-of-phase motions.
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- Fabien Mézière
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS UMR7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Wear KA. Time-domain separation of interfering waves in cancellous bone using bandlimited deconvolution: simulation and phantom study. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2014; 135:2102-12. [PMID: 25235007 PMCID: PMC8317067 DOI: 10.1121/1.4868473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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In through-transmission interrogation of cancellous bone, two longitudinal pulses ("fast" and "slow" waves) may be generated. Fast and slow wave properties convey information about material and micro-architectural characteristics of bone. However, these properties can be difficult to assess when fast and slow wave pulses overlap in time and frequency domains. In this paper, two methods are applied to decompose signals into fast and slow waves: bandlimited deconvolution and modified least-squares Prony's method with curve-fitting (MLSP + CF). The methods were tested in plastic and Zerdine(®) samples that provided fast and slow wave velocities commensurate with velocities for cancellous bone. Phase velocity estimates were accurate to within 6 m/s (0.4%) (slow wave with both methods and fast wave with MLSP + CF) and 26 m/s (1.2%) (fast wave with bandlimited deconvolution). Midband signal loss estimates were accurate to within 0.2 dB (1.7%) (fast wave with both methods), and 1.0 dB (3.7%) (slow wave with both methods). Similar accuracies were found for simulations based on fast and slow wave parameter values published for cancellous bone. These methods provide sufficient accuracy and precision for many applications in cancellous bone such that experimental error is likely to be a greater limiting factor than estimation error.
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- Keith A Wear
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bldg. 62, Room 3108, 10903 New Hampshire Boulevard, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993
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Nagatani Y, Tachibana RO. Multichannel instantaneous frequency analysis of ultrasound propagating in cancellous bone. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2014; 135:1197-206. [PMID: 24606262 DOI: 10.1121/1.4864464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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An ultrasonic pulse propagating in cancellous bone can be separated into two waves depending on the condition of the specimen. These two waves, which are called the fast wave and the slow wave, provide important information for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. The present study proposes to utilize a signal processing method that extracts the instantaneous frequency (IF) of waveforms from multiple spectral channels. The instantaneous frequency was expected to be able to show detailed time-frequency properties of ultrasonic waves being transmitted through cancellous bone. The employed method, termed the multichannel instantaneous frequency (MCIF) method, showed robustness against background noise as compared to the IF that was directly derived from the original waveform. The extracted IF revealed that the frequency of the fast wave was affected by both the propagation distance within the specimen and the bone density, independently. On the other hand, the alternation of the center frequency of the originally transmitted wave did not produce proportional changes in the extracted IF values of the fast waves, suggesting that the fast wave IF mainly reflected the thickness of the specimens. These findings may provide the possibility of obtaining a more precise diagnosis of osteoporosis.
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- Yoshiki Nagatani
- Department of Electronics, Kobe City College of Technology, Gakuen-higashi-machi 8-3, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2194, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Lin L, Oon HY, Lin W, Qin YX. Principal trabecular structural orientation predicted by quantitative ultrasound is strongly correlated with μFEA determined anisotropic apparent stiffness. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2014; 13:961-71. [PMID: 24419558 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-013-0547-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The microarchitecture and alignment of trabecular bone adapts to the particular mechanical milieu applied to it. Due to this anisotropic mechanical property, measurement orientation has to be taken into consideration when assessing trabecular bone quality and fracture risk prediction. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) has demonstrated the ability in predicting the principal structural orientation (PSO) of trabecular bone. Although the QUS prediction for PSO is very close to that of μCT, certain angle differences still exist. It remains unknown whether this angle difference can induce significant differences in mechanical properties or not. The objective of this study was to evaluate the mechanical properties in different PSOs predicted using different methods, QUS and μCT, thus to investigate the ability of QUS as a means to predict the PSO of trabecular bone noninvasively. By validating the ability of QUS to predict the PSO of trabecular bone, it is beneficial for future QUS applications because QUS measurements in the PSO can provide information more correlated with the mechanical properties than with other orientations. In this study, seven trabecular bone balls from distal bovine femurs were used to generate finite element models based on the 3-dimensional μCT images. Uniaxial compressive loading was performed on the bone ball models in the finite element analysis (FEA) in six different orientations (three anatomical orientations, two PSOs predicted by QUS and the longest vector of mean intercept length (MIL) tensor calculated by μCT). The stiffness was calculated based on the reaction force of the bone balls under loading, and the von Mises stress results showed that both the mechanical properties in the PSOs predicted by QUS are significantly higher than the anatomical orientations and comparatively close to the longest vector of MIL tensor. The stiffness in the PSOs predicted by QUS is also highly correlated with the stiffness in the MIL tensor orientation (ATTmax vs. MIL, R(2) = 0.98, p < 001; UVmax vs. MIL, R(2) = 0.92, p < 001). These results were validated by in vitro mechanical testing on the bone ball samples. This study demonstrates that the PSO of trabecular bone predicted by QUS has an equally strong apparent stiffness with the orientation predicted by μCT.
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- Liangjun Lin
- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Bioengineering Building, Room 215, Stony Brook, NY , 11794-5281, USA
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Wear KA. Estimation of fast and slow wave properties in cancellous bone using Prony's method and curve fitting. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2013; 133:2490-501. [PMID: 23556613 PMCID: PMC8243208 DOI: 10.1121/1.4792935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The presence of two longitudinal waves in poroelastic media is predicted by Biot's theory and has been confirmed experimentally in through-transmission measurements in cancellous bone. Estimation of attenuation coefficients and velocities of the two waves is challenging when the two waves overlap in time. The modified least squares Prony's (MLSP) method in conjuction with curve-fitting (MLSP + CF) is tested using simulations based on published values for fast and slow wave attenuation coefficients and velocities in cancellous bone from several studies in bovine femur, human femur, and human calcaneus. The search algorithm is accelerated by exploiting correlations among search parameters. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated as a function of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). For a typical experimental SNR (40 dB), the root-mean-square errors (RMSEs) for one example (human femur) with fast and slow waves separated by approximately half of a pulse duration were 1 m/s (slow wave velocity), 4 m/s (fast wave velocity), 0.4 dB/cm MHz (slow wave attenuation slope), and 1.7 dB/cm MHz (fast wave attenuation slope). The MLSP + CF method is fast (requiring less than 2 s at SNR = 40 dB on a consumer-grade notebook computer) and is flexible with respect to the functional form of the parametric model for the transmission coefficient. The MLSP + CF method provides sufficient accuracy and precision for many applications such that experimental error is a greater limiting factor than estimation error.
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- Keith A Wear
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 62, Room 3108, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002, USA.
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Mézière F, Muller M, Dobigny B, Bossy E, Derode A. Simulations of ultrasound propagation in random arrangements of elliptic scatterers: occurrence of two longitudinal waves. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2013; 133:643-652. [PMID: 23363084 DOI: 10.1121/1.4774276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ultrasound propagation in clusters of elliptic (two-dimensional) or ellipsoidal (three-dimensional) scatterers randomly distributed in a fluid is investigated numerically. The essential motivation for the present work is to gain a better understanding of ultrasound propagation in trabecular bone. Bone microstructure exhibits structural anisotropy and multiple wave scattering. Some phenomena remain partially unexplained, such as the propagation of two longitudinal waves. The objective of this study was to shed more light on the occurrence of these two waves, using finite-difference simulations on a model medium simpler than bone. Slabs of anisotropic, scattering media were randomly generated. The coherent wave was obtained through spatial and ensemble-averaging of the transmitted wavefields. When varying relevant medium parameters, four of them appeared to play a significant role for the observation of two waves: (i) the solid fraction, (ii) the direction of propagation relatively to the scatterers orientation, (iii) the ability of scatterers to support shear waves, and (iv) a continuity of the solid matrix along the propagation. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that fast waves are guided by the locally plate/bar-like solid matrix. If confirmed, this interpretation could significantly help developing approaches for a better understanding of trabecular bone micro-architecture using ultrasound.
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- Fabien Mézière
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris
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Yamashita K, Fujita F, Mizuno K, Mano I, Matsukawa M. Two-wave propagation imaging to evaluate the structure of cancellous bone. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2012; 59:1160-1166. [PMID: 22711411 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2012.2306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The two-wave phenomenon reflects not only bone mass but also the complex bone structure of cancellous bone. We propose a new simple imaging technique based on the two-wave phenomenon for investigating the anisotropic structure of cancellous bone. A cylindrical specimen of cancellous bone was obtained from a bovine femur. The structure (alignment of trabeculae) of the specimen was obtained from 3-D X-ray micro computed tomography imaging. Using a conventional ultrasonic pulse technique, we rotated the receiver around the specimen to investigate the ultrasonic fields after propagation within the specimen. The ultrasonic propagation image clearly showed the effect of the bone structure. We found that the fast wave showed apparent refraction, whereas the slow wave did not. Fast-wave propagation imaging is thus a simple and convenient technique for easy interpretation of the anisotropic structure. This imaging technique has the potential to become a powerful tool to investigate the structure of trabeculae during in vivo measurements.
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- Keisuke Yamashita
- Laboratory of Ultrasonic Electronics, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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Lin L, Cheng J, Lin W, Qin YX. Prediction of trabecular bone principal structural orientation using quantitative ultrasound scanning. J Biomech 2012; 45:1790-5. [PMID: 22560370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bone has the ability to adapt its structure in response to the mechanical environment as defined as Wolff's Law. The alignment of trabecular structure is intended to adapt to the particular mechanical milieu applied to it. Due to the absence of normal mechanical loading, it will be extremely important to assess the anisotropic deterioration of bone during the extreme conditions, i.e., long term space mission and disease orientated disuse, to predict risk of fractures. The propagation of ultrasound wave in trabecular bone is substantially influenced by the anisotropy of the trabecular structure. Previous studies have shown that both ultrasound velocity and amplitude is dependent on the incident angle of the ultrasound signal into the bone sample. In this work, seven bovine trabecular bone balls were used for rotational ultrasound measurement around three anatomical axes to elucidate the ability of ultrasound to identify trabecular orientation. Both ultrasound attenuation (ATT) and fast wave velocity (UV) were used to calculate the principal orientation of the trabecular bone. By comparing to the mean intercept length (MIL) tensor obtained from μCT, the angle difference of the prediction by UV was 4.45°, while it resulted in 11.67° angle difference between direction predicted by μCT and the prediction by ATT. This result demonstrates the ability of ultrasound as a non-invasive measurement tool for the principal structural orientation of the trabecular bone.
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- Liangjun Lin
- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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Cheng J, Serra-Hsu F, Tian Y, Lin W, Qin YX. Effects of phase cancellation and receiver aperture size on broadband ultrasonic attenuation for trabecular bone in vitro. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2011; 37:2116-25. [PMID: 22033134 PMCID: PMC3223273 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Phase cancellation in ultrasound due to large receiver size has been proposed as a contributing factor to the inaccuracy of estimating broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA), which is used to characterize bone quality. Transducers with aperture size ranging from 2 to 5 mm have been used in previous attempts to study the effect of phase cancellation. However, these receivers themselves are susceptible to phase cancellation because aperture size is close to one center wavelength (about 3 mm at 500 KHz in water). This study uses an ultra small receiver (aperture size: 0.2 mm) in conjunction with a newly developed two-dimensional (2-D) synthetic array system to investigate the effects of phase cancellation and receiver aperture size on BUA estimations of bone tissue. In vitro ultrasound measurements were conducted on 54 trabecular bone samples (harvested from sheep femurs) in a confocal configuration with a focused transmitter and synthesized focused receivers of different aperture sizes. Phase sensitive (PS) and phase insensitive (PI) detections were performed. The results show that phase cancellation does have a significant effect on BUA. The normalized BUA (nBUA) with PS is 8.1% higher than PI nBUA while PI BUA is well correlated with PS BUA. Receiver aperture size also influences the BUA reading for both PI and PS detection and smaller receiver aperture tends to result in higher BUA readings. The results also indicate that the receiver aperture size used in the confocal configuration with PI detection should at least equal the aperture of the transmitter to capture most of the energy redistributed by the interference and diffraction from the trabecular bone.
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- Address correspondence to: Yi-Xian Qin, Bioengineering Building RM 215, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281.
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Serra-Hsu F, Cheng J, Lynch T, Qin YX. Evaluation of a pulsed phase-locked loop system for noninvasive tracking of bone deformation under loading with finite element and strain analysis. Physiol Meas 2011; 32:1301-13. [PMID: 21765205 PMCID: PMC4961073 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/32/8/019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ultrasound has been widely used to nondestructively evaluate various materials, including biological tissues. Quantitative ultrasound has been used to assess bone quality and fracture risk. A pulsed phase-locked loop (PPLL) method has been proven for very sensitive tracking of ultrasound time-of-flight (TOF) changes. The objective of this work was to determine if the PPLL TOF tracking is sensitive to bone deformation changes during loading. The ability to noninvasively detect bone deformations has many implications, including assessment of bone strength and more accurate osteoporosis diagnostics and fracture risk prediction using a measure of bone mechanical quality. Fresh sheep femur cortical bone shell samples were instrumented with three 3-element rosette strain gauges and then tested under mechanical compression with eight loading levels using an MTS machine. Samples were divided into two groups based on internal marrow cavity content: with original marrow, or replaced with water. During compressive loading ultrasound waves were measured through acoustic transmission across the mid-diaphysis of bone. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to describe ultrasound propagation path length changes under loading based on µCT-determined bone geometry. The results indicated that PPLL output correlates well to measured axial strain, with R(2) values of 0.70 ± 0.27 and 0.62 ± 0.29 for the marrow and water groups, respectively. The PPLL output correlates better with the ultrasound path length changes extracted from FEA. For the two validated FEA tests, correlation was improved to R(2) = 0.993 and R(2) = 0.879 through cortical path, from 0.815 and 0.794 via marrow path, respectively. This study shows that PPLL readings are sensitive to displacement changes during external bone loading, which may have potential to noninvasively assess bone strain and tissue mechanical properties.
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- Frederick Serra-Hsu
- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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- Luna Innovations, 1 Riverside Circle, Suite 400, Roanoke, VA 24016-4962, USA
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- Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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Sai H, Iguchi G, Tobimatsu T, Takahashi K, Otani T, Horii K, Mano I, Nagai I, Iio H, Fujita T, Yoh K, Baba H. Novel ultrasonic bone densitometry based on two longitudinal waves: significant correlation with pQCT measurement values and age-related changes in trabecular bone density, cortical thickness, and elastic modulus of trabecular bone in a normal Japanese population. Osteoporos Int 2010; 21:1781-90. [PMID: 20514480 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1217-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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UNLABELLED A reference database for trabecular bone density, cortical thickness, and elastic modulus of trabecular bone for a novel ultrasonic bone densitometry system (LD-100) based on two longitudinal waves (fast and slow) was determined over a wide age range in a normal Japanese population. INTRODUCTION A novel ultrasonic bone densitometry system (LD-100 system) was applied to create a reference database for trabecular bone density (TBD), cortical thickness (CoTh), and elastic modulus of trabecular bone (EMTb) for this device over a wide age range in a normal Japanese population. METHODS In a comparative study between LD-100 and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) systems, 52 individuals were examined by both systems at the same radius simultaneously. To create a reference database, a total of 2,380 healthy subjects (1,179 men, 1,201 women), ages 18-99 years, were examined using the LD-100 system. RESULTS Highly significant correlations between the LD-100 and pQCT systems were found in TBD (r = 0.877, p < 0.001) and CoTh (r = 0.723, p < 0.001). For the reference database, peak values of TBD, CoTh, and EMTb were observed at 30-34 years (255.09 mg/cm(3)), 20-24 years (5.23 mm), and 20-24 years (4.09 GPa) in men, and at 25-29 years (209.24 mg/cm(3)), 25-29 years (3.98 mm), and 20-24 years (3.33 GPa) in women, respectively. The TBD fell significantly (p < 0.05) beginning at 55-59 years in both sexes, with a relatively rapid decrease in women. The CoTh showed a significant decrease beginning at 40-44 years in men and 50-54 years in women. The EMTb showed a significant decrease beginning at 40-44 years in men and 55-59 years in women. CONCLUSIONS The LD-100 system is a useful bone densitometry device and the database of age-related changes in TBD, CoTh, and EMTb established in this study will provide fundamental data for future studies related to bone status.
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- H Sai
- Department of Biosignal Pathophysiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Bréban S, Padilla F, Fujisawa Y, Mano I, Matsukawa M, Benhamou CL, Otani T, Laugier P, Chappard C. Trabecular and cortical bone separately assessed at radius with a new ultrasound device, in a young adult population with various physical activities. Bone 2010; 46:1620-5. [PMID: 20230926 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim was to evaluate a new ultrasound device in a young adult population and to assess its reproducibility via comparison to DXA measurements and geometrical measurements from high-resolution radiographs. Ninety-three subjects aged between 20 and 51 years were recruited and divided into four groups according to their gender and physical activity status: 22 male athletes, 19 male controls, 21 female athletes, and 31 female controls. Ultrasonic measurements were assessed by the prototype LD-100 (Oyo Electric Co., Kyoto, Japan) on the dominant distal radius. Attenuation in the radius (dB), cortical bone thickness (mm), radius thickness (mm), mass density of cancellous bone (mg/cm(3)), and elasticity (GPa) of cancellous bone were obtained. BMD was measured by DXA at the dominant distal radius. Radius images were obtained with a direct high-resolution digital X-ray device (BMA, D(3)A Medical Systems), and radius and cortical thicknesses were estimated using a specific software (ImageJ, Bethesda, USA), in an area site-matched with LD-100. There was a significant positive correlation between site-matched BMD measurement and LD-100 parameters (p<0.004), X-ray radius thickness, and LD-100 parameters except elasticity (p<0.05, r>0.32), X-ray cortical thickness and LD-100 attenuation and cortical thickness (p<0.01). A significantly higher attenuation, cortical and radius thicknesses were found in athletes compared to controls (p<0.05). The radius thickness measured on radiographs was significantly higher in athletes versus controls in both sexes, and cortical thickness was significantly higher in male athletes versus controls. These data suggest a positive influence of physical activity on bone cortical measurements. This study also confirmed the particular interest of bone assessment by ultrasound.
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- S Bréban
- CTI, U658 Inserm, Orléans, France.
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