Methods and reliability of radiographic vertebral fracture detection in older men; methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation

Affiliations

¹ Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address: s.sabour@sbmu.ac.ir.

Comment

Siamak Sabour. Bone. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun:75:244-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.11.021. Epub 2014 Dec 3.

¹ Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address: s.sabour@sbmu.ac.ir.

No abstract available

Keywords: Methodology; Misinterpretation; Reliability; Semi-quantitative grading; Vertebral fractures.

Comment in

Response to BONE-D-14-00884.
Cawthon PM, Haslam J, Fullman R, Peters KW, Black D, Ensrud KE, Cummings SR, Orwoll ES, Barrett-Connor E, Marshall L, Steiger P, Schousboe JT; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Cawthon PM, et al. Bone. 2015 Jun;75:246. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.11.020. Epub 2014 Dec 4. Bone. 2015. PMID: 25481408 No abstract available.

Methods and reliability of radiographic vertebral fracture detection in older men: the osteoporotic fractures in men study.
Cawthon PM, Haslam J, Fullman R, Peters KW, Black D, Ensrud KE, Cummings SR, Orwoll ES, Barrett-Connor E, Marshall L, Steiger P, Schousboe JT; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Cawthon PM, et al. Bone. 2014 Oct;67:152-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.06.039. Epub 2014 Jul 6. Bone. 2014. PMID: 25003811 Free PMC article.