Search for dissertations about: "bone scan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words bone scan.

  2. 1. Developing knee joint osteoarthritis: Clinical, radiographical and biochemical features

    Author : Ingemar Petersson; Reumatologi och molekylär skelettbiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bone markers; cartilage markers; WOMAC; SF-36; function; health status quality-of-life; radiography; epidemiology; knee pain; Knee joint; osteoarthritis; bone scan; Skeleton; muscle system; rheumatology locomotion; Skelett; muskelsystem; reumatologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this project was to study clinical, radiographical and biochemical features of developing, symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) prospectively in individuals aged 35-54 from the general population. A questionnaire to a random sample of 2 000 individuals in the district of Laholm, Sweden, identified 279 individuals (15% of the population) with chronic (>3 months) knee pain. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bone Mass from Childhood to Adulthood

    Author : Christian Buttazzoni; Ortopedi - klinisk och molekylär osteoporosforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Bone Mass Peak Bone Mass Childood Adulthood;

    Abstract : Attaining high peak bone mass (PBM), the highest bone mass value in life which is reached in young adulthood, is important as it reduces the risk of having low bone mass in old age69, 80. Low bone mass is associated with high fracture risk3, 60. Osteoporosis is the result of bone loss, a physiological process related to aging and/or low PBM. READ MORE

  5. 3. Computer-Assisted Diagnosis for the Interpretation of Bone Scintigraphy. A new approach to improve diagnostic accuracy

    Author : May Sadik; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Diagnostic accuracy; Radionuclide imaging; Bone metastases; Breast cancer; Prostate cancer;

    Abstract : The most common cancers in the western countries are breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men, and these cancer types, together with lung cancer, often metastasise to the skeleton. Bone scan is used to determine whether metastases are present, and the result of the examination serves as a guide in the choice of treatment strategy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Osteoporosis in elderly women; Bone traits, fracture and the PTH gene complex

    Author : Max Tenne; Ortopedi - klinisk och molekylär osteoporosforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; osteoporosis; fracture; parathyroid hormone; gene; polymorphism; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; bone mineral density; hip strength analysis;

    Abstract : Background: Fragility fractures are a major health problem world wide and the numbers are growing due to ageing populations. Early identification of individuals at risk for osteoporosis and fracture, enabling preventive measures and treatment is essential. READ MORE

  7. 5. Influence of extrinsic factors on bone scintigraphy an experimental and clinical study

    Author : Marika Cronhjort; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Bone scintigraphy; bisphosphonates; biodistribution; animal;

    Abstract : Bone scintigraphy takes advantage of the strong affinity of technetiated diphosphonates to bone. These compounds accumulate particularly at sites of new bone formation which occurs as a response to various conditions affecting bone. READ MORE