title: Fracture prediction and the definition of osteoporosis in children and adolescents: the ISCD 2007 Pediatric Official Positions.
abstract: Osteoporosis in adults has been defined on the basis of densitometric criteria, but at present the term osteoporosis does not have a widely recognized definition in pediatrics. Consequently, the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) 2007 Position Development Conference reviewed the literature describing the relationship between bone densitometric studies and fractures in apparently healthy children and adolescents, and prepared Official Positions regarding the definition of osteoporosis in children and adolescents. The ISCD Official Positions with respect to the above issues, as well as the rationale and evidence used to derive these positions, are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada. frauch@shriners.mcgill.ca <frauch@shriners.mcgill.ca>
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rauch
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plotkin
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DiMeglio
authors.forename: Raoul H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Engelbert
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munns
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wenkert
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeitler
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012955:Societies, Medical