Re: Bobelyak M, Vaculik J, Stepan JJ. Bone mineral density assessment using Radiofrequency Echographic Mult Spectrometry (REMS) in patients before and after total hip replacement, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07685-w and Re: Pocock N, Chan D. Editorial: Is REMS-BMD truly a measured parameter? A call for transparency and technical clarification, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07699-4. - 2025
Re: Bobelyak M, Vaculik J, Stepan JJ. Bone mineral density assessment using Radiofrequency Echographic Mult Spectrometry (REMS) in patients before and after total hip replacement, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07685-w and Re: Pocock N, Chan D. Editorial: Is REMS-BMD truly a measured parameter? A call for transparency and technical clarification, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07699-4.
Laboratory medicine & medical technology Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Al-Daghri, Nasser ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé ; Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Alenad, A; Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Alokail, M; Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bahat, G; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey ; Istanbul Musculoskeletal Health Consortium (IMHeal), Istanbul, Turkey
Beaudart, Charlotte ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie générale ; Public Health Aging Research & Epidemiology (PHARE) Group, Research Unit in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (URPC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
Birch, N; Bragborough Health and Wellbeing Centre, Braunston, UK
Bischoff, E; Department of Internal Diseases, Pharmacology, Paediatrics, Social Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Computer Technology, Infectious Diseases, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Epidemiology and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Burgas State University "Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov", Burgas, Bulgaria
Brandi, M L; Italian Foundation for the Research on Bone Diseases (F.I.R.M.O.), Florence, 50129, Italy. marialuisa@marialuisabrandi.it
Bruyère, Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Caffarelli, C; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
Campusano, C; Clínica Universidad de los Andes and Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Casado, E; Department of Rheumatology, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain ; Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
Cavalier, Etienne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie médicale
Chandran, M; Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Cortet, B; Department of Rheumatology, University-Hospital of Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Diez-Perez, A; Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain
Giusti, F; Donatello Bone Clinic, Villa Donatello Hospital, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Gonnelli, S; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
Guglielmi, G; Radiology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia University School of Medicine, Foggia, 71122, Italy ; Radiology Unit "Mons. Dimiccoli" Teaching Hospital, Barletta (BT), Italy ; Radiology Unit, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Italy
Halbout, P; The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), Nyon, Switzerland
Hough, T; National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Western Cape, South Africa
Jiwa, F; President and CEO Osteoporosis Canada and CNS Chair, IOF, Toronto, Canada
Kurth, A; Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Community Clinics Middle Rhine, Campus Kemperhof, Koblenz, Germany
MacLaughlin, E; Rheumatology Associates of Delmarva, Easton, MD, USA ; BoneVue Diagnostics, Catonsville, MD, USA
Maggi, S; CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
Matijevic, R; Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, UKC of Vojvodina, Ortho and Trauma Clinic, Novi Sad, Serbia
Messina, C; U.O.C. Radiodiagnostica, ASST Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy ; Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Messina, O D; Head IRO Medical Centre, The University of Buenos Aires, Cavaliere COMRI, Repubblica Italiana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Njeze, N; University of Nigeria Medical School, Nsukka, Nigeria
Reginster, Jean-Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique ; Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO), Liège, Belgium
Rizzoli, René ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé ; Division of Bone Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Sabico, S; Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Schmidmaier, R; Department of Medicine IV, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany, Germany
Suzuki, A; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
Tarantino, U; Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Tüzün, S; Istanbul Department of PM&R, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Zakraoui, L; University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, Tunisia
Zambito, K; St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA
Re: Bobelyak M, Vaculik J, Stepan JJ. Bone mineral density assessment using Radiofrequency Echographic Mult Spectrometry (REMS) in patients before and after total hip replacement, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07685-w and Re: Pocock N, Chan D. Editorial: Is REMS-BMD truly a measured parameter? A call for transparency and technical clarification, Osteoporos Int 2025;https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07699-4.
Publication date :
21 December 2025
Journal title :
Osteoporosis International
ISSN :
0937-941X
eISSN :
1433-2965
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, England
Maria Luisa Brandi received honoraria for being part of the international scientific Board; Andreas Kurth received honorarium as a speaker of one international company-sponsored symposium of Echolight; Jean-Yves Reginster received fees as a Speaker\u2019s Bureau of Echolight, the manufacturer of REMS; he is President of ESCEO, a not-for-profit organization having received Unrestricted Educational Grants from Echolight, the manufacturer of REMS; he is Secretary General of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, a Swiss foundation having received financial supports from Echolight, the manufacturer of REMS; he is Chairman of the IOF-ESCEO-World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO), a Congress which has received financial support from Echolight, the manufacturer of REMS; Ren\u00E9 Rizzoli participated in an ESCEO working group reviewing Echolight technology, he participated in two workshops on the technique and was coauthor of two reviews; Nasser Al-Daghri N, Amal Alenad, Majed Alokail, G\u00FClistan Bahat, Charlotte Beaudart, Nick Birch, Elena Bischoff, Olivier Bruy\u00E8re, Carla Caffarelli, Claudia Campusano, Etienne Cavalier, Manju Chandran, Bernard Cortet, Enrique Casado, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Francesca Giusti, Stefano Gonnelli, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Philippe Halbout, Tereza Hough, Famida Jiwa, Edmund MacLaughlin, Stefania Maggi, Radmila Matijevic, Carmelo Messina, Osvaldo Daniel Messina, Ngozi Njeze, Shaun Sabico, Ralf Schmidmaier, Atsushi Suzuki, Umberto Tarantino, \u015Eans\u0131n T\u00FCz\u00FCn, Leith Zakraoui, Kimberly Zambito, declare no competing financial interests.
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