Novel Method of Bone Material Strength Index assessment accessible at the MUG

17.12.2019

As the first centre in Poland and one of the few in the world, Medical University of Gdańsk will have access to an innovative method of examining the bone, called microindentation. Two researchers from Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Magdalena Jankowska, M.D., Ph.D. D.Sc. and dr hab. Bogdan Biedunkiewicz M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., have attended the certified training in Bone Microindentation using Osteoprobe® technique (Active Life Scientific, USA). The hands-on training took part in the reference European centre for the Osteoprobe® method at the University of Barcelona. Microindentation is the first minimally invasive method assessing bone material strength, that could be used in humans. It provides data on the bone quality, not yet accessible for examination until now. Bone material strength allows for assessment of the fracture risk and has been used in research in the field of endocrinology, rheumatology, and oncology. At the MUG, the technology will be used in the project entitled „Does the mineral and bone phenotype differ in various prognostic stages of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease?” supported by National Science Centre funds under the international project scheme HARMONIA (no 2018/30/M/NZ5/00480).