Clinical Study

Bone Mineral Density in Spinal Cord Injury: An Evaluation of the Distal Femur

Table 1

BMD values between groups, at left femoral sites.

BMDGroupMeanSDMinimumMaximum 𝑁 𝑃

DF leftControl1.250.191.011.6617<0.001
Patient0.880.170.611.2825
TF leftControl1.060.150.801.4317<0.001
Patient0.770.130.480.9825
FN leftControl0.960.140.691.2717<0.001
Patient0.730.120.540.9625

FN: femoral neck, DF: distal femur, TF: total femur.