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BONE MINERAL DENSITY, FRAGILITY FRACTURES AND CLINICAL RISK FACTORS
2018
Osteoporosis affects the skeletal system and is characterized by a reduction in bone strength that predisposes one to an increased risk of fractures. In Italy, about 3.5 million women and 1 million men suffers from osteoporosis. These numbers are set to increase in the coming twenty years because the percentage of the Italian population over 65 will increase by 25%. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the general characteristics of a population of patients suffering from osteoporosis and the relation with comorbidity. A single site, open-label, investigator-initiated, retrospective trial was conducted at the Bone Metabolic Disease Clinic, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitat…
Anti-osteoporotic tratment compliance: our experience
2012
Analysis of the results of the study shows that prevention and treatment of osteoporosis risk factors are crucial in reducing the incidence to prescribed treatment and because of the most frequent cause of discontinuation of drug treatment (81,6%) is represented by a separate decision of the patient, it requires an extensive campaign oublic awareness on the problem of osteoporosis and its debilitating complications.
Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures in Osteoporotic HIP Fractured Patients: The Focus Study
2015
Metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis in children
2016
To understand the basics of pediatric bone metabolism and mechanisms underlying osteoporosis.
Manejo de la osteoporosis en un Servicio de Rehabilitación: impacto de la puesta en marcha de un protocolo
2016
INTRODUCCIÓN La osteoporosis es la enfermedad metabólica ósea más frecuente, pero la ausencia de sintomatología hasta la aparición de las fracturas, hace que sea difícil determinar el número de pacientes que la padecen. En el Departamento de Salud de Sagunto, el Servicio de Rehabilitación es el referente en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de los pacientes con osteoporosis. La gran variabilidad en el manejo de la enfermedad, asociado al incremento de la carga asistencial de la misma en nuestra práctica clínica, ocasionó se pusiera en marcha un protocolo de intervención en osteoporosis con el objetivo de mejorar y unificar criterios respecto al manejo de esta patología y optimizar su tratamiento…
The Italian observational study on severe osteoporosis (ISSO): 24-month results on incidence of fractures and adherence to treatment
2016
Objective To estimate the proportion of patients with very severe osteoporosis (those covered by the reimbursement criteria of the Italian National Health Service) experiencing new vertebral and non-vertebral fragility fractures in the first 24 months of a new anti-osteoporosis treatment. Methods Prospective observational study in men and post-menopausal women (aged > 21 years) initiating anti-osteoporosis treatment for very severe osteoporosis. Eligibility was based on teriparatide (TPD) reimbursement criteria in Italy: Incident of vertebral or hip fracture during anti-resorptive treatment (minimum 1 year), or at least three prevalent severe vertebral fractures, or two prevalent severe ver…
TREATMENT WITH DAILY SUBCUTANEOUS TERIPARATIDE (1-34) COMPARED WITH DAILY SUBCUTANEOUS PARATHYROID HORMONE (1-84) IN WOMEN WITH SEVERE POSTMENOPAUSAL…
2008
Bone mineral density and physical activity in 50–60-year-old women
1991
Abstract The bone mineral density (BMD) of the calcaneus was measured utilizing a single energy photon absorption method in 108 women, aged 50–60 years. The women who participated in vigorous exercise two or more times a week or whose total physical activity amounted to 4 h a week had significantly higher BMD values than those who exercised less than two times a week or did less than 4 h physical activity a week. The physically active women also showed higher values for leg extension force and maximal oxygen uptake. BMD and leg extension force were positively correlated, whereas correlations between BMD and body mass, and the width of the calcaneus were negative. When other life-style varia…
A free plate model can predict guided modes propagating in tubular bone-mimicking phantoms
2014
The goal of this work was to show that a non-absorbing free plate model can predict with a reasonable accuracy guided modes measured in bone-mimicking phantoms that have circular cross-section. Experiments were carried out on uncoated and coated phantoms using a clinical axial transmission setup. Adjustment of the plate model to the experimental data yielded estimates for the waveguide characteristics (thickness, bulk wave velocities). Fair agreement was achieved over a frequency range of 0.4 to 1.6 MHz. A lower accuracy observed for the thinnest bone-mimicking phantoms was caused by limitations in the wave number measurements rather than by the model itself.
Acción del bazedoxifeno sobre el metabolismo óseo y los factores de riesgo cardiovascular
2020
La menopausia debe de ser considerada como un fenómeno biológico en el proceso de envejecimiento normal de la mujer obteniendo como resultado el cese permanente de las menstruaciones por agotamiento de la actividad folicular ovárica. En las últimas dos décadas, el interés por todos los temas que afectan a la menopausia se ha incrementado debido fundamentalmente a dos fenómenos sociales del mundo actual: la prolongación de la esperanza de vida, y la mejora en la calidad de vida. Por este fenómeno mundial de envejecimiento, es necesario comprender los cambios en esta etapa de la vida de la mujer, para promover mejores estrategias de prevención y tratamiento de las manifestaciones clínicas der…