Your Results:
Bone Quality
(The Fragility Score)
The second page of your report will show you the FRAGILITY SCORE (FS) of your bones. This is an indicator of the QUALITY of your bone structure and is completely independent of your bone density readings.
Again the illustration is in the traffic-light format so easy to understand and interpret. You will receive one graph for your hip and another for your lumbar spine (as seen below).
The third page is your TOTAL RISK SCORE.
This is a combination of bone mineral density measured on the first page of your report with bone toughness as above (FS).
These two measurements give a composite estimate of likely fracture of the hip or spine in the next five years.
NB, the data on this page of the report has only been verified using the
Italian population.
The fourth page of the report is your FRAX Fracture Risk Assessment Tool. This new REMS / FS rating takes into consideration all the FRAX components plus BMD plus bone toughness. The output is a 5-year probability of an osteoporotic fracture of the hip and the 5-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture (e.g. spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture).
We, at Osteoscan UK, have the first device in the UK offering this service in a medically-lead, holistic, bone health service.
The fifth, and final, page are images of the scanned areas so you can see where the readings were taken.
