Abstract
We measured the bone mineral content (BMC) of the calcaneus using OsteoAnalyzer, to confirm its usefulness for evaluating bone mass. The following results were found. High degree of precision (%CV: 0.97) was confirmed in an amputated leg. No difference of calcaneus BMC between right-left and preference-non preference legs in 92 healthy Japanese men, and the calcaneus BMC negatively correlated with age. Weight was more strongly correlated with calcaneus BMC than height. The calcaneus BMC strongly correlated with lumbar spine BMD and distal 1/6 site of radius BMD (r=0.713, 0.720, respectively).This report suggested that the OsteoAnalyzer was as useful as other methods for bone mineral evaluation.
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