Abstract
Purpose To determine whether bone mineral density (BMD) measured by means of calcaneal densitometry is a reliable means of discriminating between women over 60 with and without a wrist fracture. Materials and methods This is a case-control retrospective study that established as its working hypothesis that women over 60 with a calcaneal densitometry T-score Results The average BMD as measured through calcaneal densitometry was 0.368 (0.273-0.542) for patients with a distal forearm fracture, as compared with 0.472 (0.289-0.668) for patients without a fracture, which constitutes a significant difference (p –0.6. Conclusions Calcaneal BMD measured by a DEXA scan is a reliable way to discriminate between women with and without a wrist fracture.
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