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KMID : 0438419970040010058
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Korean Journal of Bone Metabolism
1997 Volume.4 No. 1 p.58 ~ p.63
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Assessment of Osteoporosis Using Ultrasonic Skin Thickness Measurement
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Yang Tae-Young
Bae Hak-Yeon
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Abstract
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Backgrounds : Osteoporosis is an increasingly common problem and constitutes one of the most important major public health problems world wide. The corium and bone are organs originating from the mesoderm, the principle constitute of their connective tissue is collagen, and their metabolism as well as their histological structure is essentially influenced by estogens. Ultrasonic skin thickness measurement identifies a tendency to osteoporosis at an earlier date through the decease in skin thickness which precedes rarefaction of bone mass, it can therefore be used as an early detection of osteoporosis.
Methods : We evaluated 400 healthy women. Their skin thickness was measured with ultrasonic skin thickness measurement(MINHORST-OSTEOSON (R)-DC Ⅲ).
Results : ①The mean age was 50.12+/-13.5 year The mean skin thickness was 1.01+/-0.09mm
The mean BMI was 23.44+/-3.49 Kg/m2 ②With increasing age, there was a trend towards thinner skin, as measured using Osteoson, the peak skin thickness of upper arm is 1.07mm in aged 25 to 34 years old.
Conclusios : Our results demonstrate a low skinfold thickness apperars to be an indicator of developing osteoporosis and a high skinfold thickness may indicate a normal bone mass, and we wished to assess a simple measure of skinfold thickness as a screening test for osteoporosis.
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