Table 1: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for the Trial

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Postmenopausal woman	Premenopausal woman
Pain, primarily in lower back	Pain at several sites, e.g., buttock, thigh
Able to regularly visit hospital	Bedridden due to severe pain
Acute moderate back pain including unrecognizable vertebral fractures by X-Ray	Obvious fresh vertebral fracture, as diagnosed by X-Ray
	Prior use of elcatonin
	Malignancy