Trabecular Bone Score in Multiple Sclerosis

Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) as an Innovative Parameter Evaluation for Bone Disease's in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients and Impact of Osteoporosis on the Quality of Life of Patients With MS

Assess bone quality in MS patients through TBS and evaluate the potential effects exerted by different drugs used in MS treatment, which may affect BMD and TBS in MS patients

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of MS according to the latest revision of McDonald's criteria;
• patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), secondary progressive MS (SPMS) and primary progressive MS (SPMS);
• absence of cortisone therapy for at least 6 months;

Exclusion Criteria:

patients already being treated with anti-osteoporotic drugs;

• medical conditions that preclude the execution of the densitometric examination