Thomas K A, Cook S D, Skalley T C, Renshaw S V, Makuch R S, Gross M, Whitecloud T S, Bennett J T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
J Pediatr Orthop. 1992 Mar-Apr;12(2):235-40. doi: 10.1097/01241398-199203000-00016.
A follow-up study of the bone mineral densities (BMD) of 22 female subjects with idiopathic scoliosis was performed using dual-photon absorptiometry at an average follow-up period of 30.8 months. Compared to the initial scans, statistically significant increases in lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD were observed. When compared to normal subjects, approximately half of the scoliotic subjects were markedly osteoporotic, having BMD measurements at least two standard deviations below the expected value. Scoliotic curvature data could not be correlated with the BMD data. The observed osteoporosis is not transient and appears characteristic of idiopathic scoliosis.
对22名特发性脊柱侧凸女性受试者的骨矿物质密度（BMD）进行了一项随访研究，采用双能光子吸收法，平均随访期为30.8个月。与初始扫描结果相比，观察到腰椎和股骨颈的骨矿物质密度有统计学意义的增加。与正常受试者相比，约一半的脊柱侧凸受试者存在明显的骨质疏松，其骨密度测量值至少比预期值低两个标准差。脊柱侧凸曲率数据与骨密度数据无关。观察到的骨质疏松并非短暂现象，似乎是特发性脊柱侧凸的特征。
