APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Osteoporosis is not contagious. Certain infections however can act like osteoporosis and cause fractures. World-wide the most common infection to cause fractures is tuberculosis which can result in fractures of the spine that can look just like osteoporotic fractures.

Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity must be considered as part of the community-based management of non-communicable diseases.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both sarcopenia and osteoporosis are geriatric diseases that decrease activity in daily living, and are interconnected physically and chemically.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength and it is strictly correlated with physical disability, poor quality of life and death. Risk factors for sarcopenia include age, gender and level of physical activity.