A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that routine bone scans include a vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) to check for undiagnosed osteoporotic spinal ...
These investigators enrolled 60 bisphosphonate-naïve males ages 4 to 25 years old treated with glucocorticoids for genetically confirmed Duchenne muscular dystrophy. After 22 patients were excluded ...