Bone Evaluation by Ultrasound Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) vs Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)

The proposed study is defined as interventional because it introduces an ultrasound examination in the standard clinical routine. The diagnostic approach does not vary during the study and the prescription of any therapeutic treatment is performed on the basis of the conventional DXA diagnosis. This ultrasound examination does not involve additional risks for the patient with the benefit of not using ionizing radiation; it lasts only few minutes and can be performed without moving the patient from the same bed on which he is already positioned for DXA examination.