Sentences with phrase «for vertebral fracture»
The majority of institutions achieved the gold level in each of the 13 standards, except for vertebral fracture identification and database.
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Among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of fracture, daily injection of the drug abaloparatide for 18 months significantly reduced the risk of new vertebral and nonvertebral fractures compared with placebo, according to a study appearing in the August 16 issue of JAMA.
Cox regression model adjusted for age, sex, weight, height, known fracture - free time, previous fracture, number of previous fractures, previous hip fracture, previous vertebral fracture, previous fall injury, osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, Charlson comorbidity index, rheumatoid arthritis, previous calcium and vitamin D treatment, and alcohol - related diseases.
Dr. Elizabeth Samelson, Associate Scientist, Institute for Aging Research, and Principal Investigator of the study, explains, «The commentary highlights our main finding that the excessive forward curvature, or hyperkyphosis, has a relatively high genetic component that is not explained by the presence of vertebral fractures.»
The catastrophe involved a woman in her 80s with mild Alzheimer's - type dementia who came to the doctor for back pain from a vertebral fracture.
Too Fit To Fracture: outcomes of a Delphi consensus process on physical activity and exercise recommendations for adults with osteoporosis with or without vertebral fractures.
This can occur for many reasons, including problems with the vertebral discs, muscle spasms, osteo - arthritic changes, spinal fracture or tumour.
Long - term calcium supplementation decreases primary fracture rates by 30 % to 35 % for vertebral bone.