J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1990 Feb;25(1):270-276. 10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.1.270.

Comparison Between Reliavilty and Clinical Usefulness of Saville's Spine Index and those of Singh's Index in Osteoporosis

• Yoo MC
• Bae DK
• Han JS
• Ahn JS
• Kim KT

• KMID: 2445461
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.1.270

Abstract

The Saville's index of the lumbar spine and the Singh's index of the femoral neck is very simple method to measure degree of osteoporosis. Authors compared Singh's index and Savilles index with Dual Photon Absorptiometry(D.P.X.) and studied the reliability and clinical usefulness of two indices. We took the D.P.X. and simple L-spine lateral view in 103 patients in same time and also performed D.P.X. and both hips A-P view in 70 patients, then analyzed and compared each two indices with D.P.X. The Singh's index had less interpersonal difference and intrapersonal difference compared with Saville's spine index. There was some confidence of Singh's index and Saville's spine index compared with the D.P.X., but the relationship between Saville's spine index and D.P.X. was less promising than that of Singh's index. Authors suggest that the Saville's spine index has less clinical usefulness than Singh's index in measurement of osteoporosis.

Keyword

Saville's index; Singh's index; Osteoporosis; Dual Photon X-ray Absorptiometry(D.P.X.)

MeSH Terms

Femur Neck
Hip
Humans
Methods
Osteoporosis*
Spine*