Hip and Nonvertebral Fracture Prediction in Nursing Home Patients: Role of Bone Ultrasound and Bone Marker Measurements

Abstract

Calcaneal stiffness measurements proved to be useful in predicting hip fractures and to a lesser extent nonvertebral fractures in nursing home residents. Radial and phalangeal bone ultrasound measurements and baseline markers of bone turnover, however, were not indicative of future fracture risk in this population.