An adequate skeletal maturation in childhood and adolescence is the fundamental requirement to reach the peak bone mass and to prevent osteoporosis in the adult age.
The evaluation of skeletal development in the child, in densitometric, morphometric and qualitative terms, is therefore a central issue in the paediatrician's activity.
DBM Sonic Bone Profiler is used in paediatrics to study the effects of endocrines pathologies and of malabsorption on bone tissue. DBM Sonic Bone Profiler is also used to study growth delays.
Reference curves for Italian and European population are available for the ultrasonographic parameters, related to different growth factors: age, height, pubertal stage.
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