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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2020

What Role Does Trabecular Bone Score Play in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases?

Barbara Ruaro, Andrea Casabella, Luigi Molfetta, Francesco Salton, Paola Confalonieri, Marco Confalonieri, Elisa Baratella, Antonio De Tanti, Cosimo Bruni

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Bone Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Barbara RuaroSC Pneumologia, ASUGI, Trieste, Italy.
Andrea CasabellaResearch Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Luigi MolfettaDepartment of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Francesco SaltonSC Pneumologia, ASUGI, Trieste, Italy.
Paola ConfalonieriSC Pneumologia, ASUGI, Trieste, Italy.
Marco ConfalonieriSC Pneumologia, ASUGI, Trieste, Italy.
Elisa BaratellaDepartment of Radiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Antonio De TantiCardinal Ferrari Centre, S. Stefano Rheabilitation, Fontanellato, Italy.
Cosimo BruniDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Ferrari (Italy) · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Genoa · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients suffering from rheumatic inflammatory diseases, e.g., systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis, are at risk of low bone mass. Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is the traditional radiological measurement technique for bone mineral density (BMD). The recently developed trabecular bone score (TBS) enhances the skeletal information provided by standard BMD. It re-analyzes the spatial dynamics of pixel intensity changes in lumbar spine DXA images, defining a quantitative index, characterizing trabecular bone microarchitecture. It has been demonstrated that low TBS values are associated with an increased incidence of fractures in patients with rheumatic diseases. These methods used together for bone damage evaluation can be of value to identify individuals who will potentially fracture. The main scientific literature on the clinical aspects of osteoporosis, including the use of TBS in evaluating this pathology, are herein reported aimed at shedding light on the role trabecular bone score plays in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Indexed as

Bone Mineral Density (BMD)osteopaeniaosteoporosisrheumatic diseasesTrabecular Bone Score (TBS)

Identifiers

PMID33425947
PMCPMC7793927
OpenAlexW3108631540

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