Evaluation of the Singh index and femur geometry in osteoporotic women

• Authors: Özlen Karabulut , Mehmet Tuncer , Zülfü Karabulut , Eyüp Hatipoğlu , Hasan Nazaroğlu , Zeki Akkuş
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We aimed to compare the Singh index with bone mineral density (BMD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), body mass index (BMI) and femur geometry in the right proximal femur of osteoporotic women, using different statistical tests. Radiographs of each patient were assessed to determine the Singh index by five observers. The observers consisted of a consultant radiologist, physical therapist and anatomists who studied the series of radiographs. They were asked to apply the Singh index by comparing the trabecular bone pattern in the proximal right femur with the reference scale published by Singh et al. [1]. This has a six point scale from grade VI to grade I. We evaluated 47 osteoporotic women in this study. The subjects’ mean age, weigth, and height were 63,21 ± 10,106, 66,72 ± 12.523, 154,94 ± 7,026 respectively. We found a significant relationship between the Singh index and BMD. The Singh index correlated significantly with hip axis length, femoral neck diamater and trochanteric width. And, BMD correlated significantly with femoral head and neck diameter, femoral neck cortex width, medial calcar femoral cortex width and femoral shaft cortex width. The evaluation of the Singh index grades in its self, there was a significant relation among them.

Keywords

EN

Osteoporosis; Singh index; DXA; Femur geometry; Digital radiography

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 601-610

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2010

online

20 - 8 - 2010

Contributors

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Özlen Karabulut

• Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Mehmet Tuncer

• Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Zülfü Karabulut

• Department of Physical Medicine, Özel Veni Vidi Hospital, 21100, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Eyüp Hatipoğlu

• Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Hasan Nazaroğlu

• Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Zeki Akkuş

• Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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10.2478/s11536-009-0136-0