hrp0092fc2.5 | Bone, Growth Plate and Mineral Metabolism Session 1 | ESPE2019

Age and Gender-Specific Reference Data for High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Based Musculoskeletal Parameters in Healthy Children and Young People

Elsharkasi Huda M. , Chen ¹Suet C. , Steell Lewis , Joseph Shuko , Abdalrahman Naiemh , Johnston Blair , Foster John E. , Wong Sze C. , Ahmed S. Faisal

Background: The need to understand the relationship between bone, muscle, and fat within the bone-muscle unit has recently gained great prominence. Although high resolution (HR) MRI is a non-invasive imaging modality that can provide this information, there is limited expertise in children and young people.Objectives: To establish MRI-based normative data for bone, bone marrow adiposity and muscle adiposity in children a...