Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound compared with hip and femoral neck dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in people with a spinal cord injury.

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements for identifying osteoporosis determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at the hip in a spinal cord injury (SCI) population.

Design: Cross-sectional retrospective review of data collected in the bone health registry of persons with a disability.

Setting: Inpatients and outpatients at a single acute rehabilitation hospital.

Heel height affects lower extremity frontal plane joint moments during walking.

Wearing high heels alters walking kinematics and kinetics and can create potentially adverse effects on the body. Our purpose was to determine how heel height affects frontal plane joint moments at the hip, knee, and ankle, with a specific focus on the knee moment due to its importance in joint loading and knee osteoarthritis. 15 women completed overground walking using three different heel heights (1, 5, and 9 cm) for fixed speed (1.