Osteoporosis and obesity, two disorders of body composition, are growing in prevalence.
Interestingly, these diseases share several features including a genetic predisposition and a …

Skeletal muscle and bone share common embryological origins from mesodermal cell
populations and also display common growth trajectories early in life. Moreover, muscle and …

Purpose Low back pain (LBP) is the most disabling condition worldwide. Although LBP
relates to different spinal pathologies, vertebral bone marrow lesions visualized as Modic …

Recent scientific evidence has shown an increased risk of fractures in patients with obesity,
especially in those with a higher visceral adipose tissue content. This contradicts the old …

Context: There is growing interest in the relationship between bone mineral density, bone
strength, and fat depots. Marrow adipose tissue, a well-established component of the …

Marrow adipocytes, collectively termed marrow adipose tissue (MAT), reside in the bone
marrow in close contact to bone cells and haematopoietic cells. Marrow adipocytes arise …

The goal of this magnetic resonance (MR) imaging study was to quantify vertebral bone
marrow fat content and composition in diabetic and nondiabetic postmenopausal women …

Purpose To use proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H‐MRS) to evaluate vertebral
marrow fat, and to determine whether bone density correlates with fat content and fat …

Bariatric surgery results in long term weight loss and improvement or resolution in obesity
related comorbidities. However, mounting evidence indicates that it adversely affects bone …

PURPOSE: To prospectively use hydrogen 1 (1H) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy
and dynamic contrast material–enhanced MR imaging to measure vertebral body marrow fat …