Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

METACARPAL RADIOGRAMMETRY REVISITED

Dr. Padmasini Srinivasan

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 Background andAim –According to WHO Technical Report Series released in 1990 Osteoporosis is a silent killer disease affecting mainly the aged population especially the western Europians as well as Americans, frequently Indians and rarely blacks.Both men and women lose bone after 40 years.We aim to study on standardized hand x ray films, the cortical thickness of 2nd right hand metacarpal bone radiogram with advancing age in 60 punjabi females staying in ludhiana .Material and method–vernier callipers were used graphimetrically on standardised hand x–rays of 2nd right metacarpals to observe the cortical thickness. This technique revealed statisticaly significant low values of the same indices with progressive age .Results–We have observed that women reach peak bone density till 34 years and we observed a drastic reduction in thickness of cortex values in Punjabi females with advancing age after 40 years coinciding with hormone reduction due to female climacteric.Discussion–Many studies abound in the same findings in different races Conclusion–We conclude that Punjabi women have a weak bone structure and as age advances it deteriorates further leading to possibility of hip fractures,colle’s fracture in addition to verteal collapse at a younger age than their female counterparts in other races residing in developed parts of the world especially Caucasians and Blacks

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DR.PADMASINI SRINIVASAN Metacarpal Radiogrammetry Revisited Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 June 2015

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