Comparison of singh index and distal forearm BMD for diagnosis of osteoporosis.

Abstract

Study of patients and everyone who needed to test for BMD (bone mineral density) of forearm by DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) at orthopedic clinic of Samutsakorn Hospital compared with Singh index which was read from anteroposterior view of roentgenogram of pelvis, we can conclude that we can not use Singh index for diagnosis of osteoporosis, instead of BMD of radius from DEXA technique because it has moderate reliability, and low validity.