Sentences with phrase «of vertebral fracture»

Standards in the management of hip fracture patients are high, but more focus needs to be placed on the identification and treatment of vertebral fracture patients and on the establishment of fracture databases.»

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.»

Approximately 50 % of vertebral fractures are to the cervical spine.

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He suffered a concussion, his neck was fractured (C1) and one of his vertebral arteries had been dissected.

Although not many cod are accidentally caught by pulse trawlers, about 10 % of them suffer vertebral fractures and hemorrhages when their muscles overcontract from the shocks.

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.

To investigate this, teams from Oslo University Hospital and Hospital del Mar - IMIM of Autonomous University, Barcelona, examined 41 Norwegian and 46 Spanish women, all of whom had normal bone mineral density (BMD) values, no clinical or morphometric vertebral fractures, no detectable signs of secondary osteoporosis and no use of drugs with known influence on bone metabolism.

«Hormone therapy helps reduce curvature of the spine: The risk of developing age - related kyphosis declines with hormone therapy, which has been proven to reverse bone loss and to help prevent vertebral fractures.»

Given that hyperkyphosis is also associated with bone loss and vertebral fractures, the authors of the article «Patterns of menopausal hormone therapy use and hyperkyphosis in older women» hypothesized that HT may also be effective in helping prevent exaggerated spine curvature, sometimes called dowager's hump.

FLS saved a total of 5.5 hip fractures, 7.3 vertebral fractures 6.0 wrist fractures, and 3.6 other fractures.

In the study, published in the journal «Osteoporosis International», investigators from the University of Tasmania, Anhui Medical University and Nanjing Medical University estimated that in 2010 more than 2.3 million osteoporosis - related hip, clinical vertebral and wrist fractures occurred in the population aged 50 years and over.

The majority of institutions achieved the gold level in each of the 13 standards, except for vertebral fracture identification and database.

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.

The effect of glucocorticoid treatment is most prominent on trabecular bone and is therefore likely to be larger on vertebral bone than on hip bone.3 Glucocorticoids are associated with an increased rate of fracture, and higher doses and longer use of glucocorticoids are associated with higher risks of fracture.4 Compared with patients not taking glucocorticoids, the risk of hip and vertebral fracture among patients taking glucocorticoids is increased by 60 % and 160 %, respectively.4 Among 80 - year - old patients, the hip fracture risk is increased by a magnitude of 2.1 and is independent of BMD.5 Most studies indicate that fracture risk is increased following at least 3 months of treatment with daily doses of 5 mg of prednisolone or more in older men and women.4

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.

Osteoporosis causes a million fractures each year, most of which are vertebral fractures and about 300,000 are hip fractures.

He has extensive experience and knowledge in arthroscopy and other forms of minimally invasive surgery, as well as orthopedic / sports medicine and surgery, cruciate disease (TPLO, lateral suture), fracture fixation (plate / screws, external fixators), soft tissue (upper airway, intra-abdominal, and intra-thoracic), plastic / reconstructive surgery (skin grafts / flaps, wound management), early and advanced surgical oncology (skin, bone, and internal organ masses), and neurosurgical (vertebral fracture / luxations, hemilaminectomy, and ventral slot) procedures.

Contrast enhancement is often observed in the endplates of the affected vertebrae, and inflammation in the surrounding muscles may also be highlighted.2, 6 Compressive lesions that can potentially be surgically corrected, such as disc protrusion / extrusion, vertebral subluxations, fractures, and concurrent epidural abscess, can be easily identified.

A vertebral fracture can occur because of a car accident, impact from a fall or from other serious accidents.

This type of trauma could result in vertebral fractures or even paralysis.