Boys with haemophilia have low trabecular bone mineral density and sarcopenia, but normal bone strength at the radius

Abstract

We aimed to assess volumetric BMD, bone geometry and muscle-bone phenotype in boys with haemophilia, and to describe the association between clinical characteristics of haemophilia and bone quality and structure.

Keywords

• bone strength
• children
• haemophilia
• pQCT
• sarcopenia
• volumetric bone density