Studying some clinical features of rheumatic diseases and evaluating the bone mass density using calcaneal ultrasound measure in Hanoi postmenopausal women
- Author:
Tran Thi To Chau
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
rheumatic, ultrasound
- MeSH:
Rheumatic Diseases;
ultrasonography;
Postmenopause;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Medicinal Materials - Hanoi
2003;3():32-38
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The cross-sectional desriptive study included 762 postmenopause women who lived in inner and suburb of Ha Noi city. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: 5 years or less of menopause, between 5 to 10 years of menopause and 10 years or more of menopause. All of them were overall examined. 206 women also were calcaneal ultrasound measured. The results showed that the rate of joint pain was 55.7%, increasing gradually with the years of menopause and more common in inner-city women. The rate of back pain was 68.2% and more common in suburb women.
