Effect of weight-bearing activities on bone mineral density in spinal cord injured patients during the period of the first two years.
Spinal Cord
; 46(11): 727-32, 2008 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
STUDY DESIGN:
Prospective study on patients with spinal cord injuries.OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in various body regions of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and its dependence on weight bearing activities during 2 years post injury.METHODS:
BMD of the whole body was measured in patients with SCI. Baseline measurement was performed in 6-16 weeks after SCI, the second and the third-respectively 12 and 24 months after injury. Fifty-four subjects were selected and divided into two groups standing and non-standing. From these groups 27 pairs were made according to gender, age and height.RESULTS:
There was found to be a well-marked decrease in BMD values for lower extremities, but there was no significant difference between paraplegic and tetraplegic patients 1 and 2 year after injury. Leg BMD reduced by 19.62% (95% CI, 17-22%) in the standing group and by 24% (95% CI, 21-27%) in non-standing group during the first year. Two years after SCI patients in standing group had significantly higher leg BMD-1.018 g/cm(2) (95% CI, 0.971-1.055 g/cm(2)) than in the non-standing group-0.91 g/cm(2) (95% CI, 0.872-0.958 g/cm(2)) (P
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos de la Médula Espinal
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Densidad Ósea
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Soporte de Peso
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Spinal Cord
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Lituania