Adherence to osteoporosis medic ...
Summary Compliance and persistence to bisphosphonates amongst Singaporean patients with osteoporosis were estimated. Mean medication possession rati ...
The impact of subtrochanteric f ...
Summary Hospital diagnosis codes are useful for assessing hip fracture rates in large populations. However, these codes do not reliably differentiat ...
Changes in bone mineral density ...
Summary In a controlled cohort study, bone mineral density (BMD) was measured in 153 women prepregnancy; during pregnancy; and 0.5, 4, 9, and 19 mon ...
Changes in osteocyte density co ...
Summary Histomorphometric assessment of trabecular bone in osteoporotic sheep showed that bone volume, osteoid surface area, bone formation rate, an ...
The potential impact of the Nat ...
Summary This analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2008 data describes the prevalence of risk factors for osteo ...
Balloon kyphoplasty and vertebr ...
Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most prevalent fractures in osteoporotic patients. The classical conservative management of these fra ...
Skeletal mineralization defects ...
Summary Histomorphometry and quantitative backscattered electron microscopy of iliac crest biopsies from patients with adult hypophosphatasia not on ...
QCT-based finite element models ...
Summary While dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the gold standard to evaluate fracture risk in vivo, in the present study, the qu ...
Non-pharmacological management ...
This consensus article reviews the various aspects of the non-pharmacological management of osteoporosis, including the effects of nutriments, physi ...
Balicatib, a cathepsin K inhibi ...
Summary Balicatib, an inhibitor of the osteoclastic enzyme cathepsin K, was tested in ovariectomized monkeys, a model for osteoporosis. As expected, ...
Use of bisphosphonate and risk ...
Summary Concerns have been raised among clinicians and patients whether or not bisphosphonates increase the risk of atrial fibrillation. In this lar ...
Changes in femur neck bone dens ...
Summary This analysis compares femur neck bone mineral density (FNBMD) and bone determinants in adults between National Health and Nutrition Examina ...
Low bone mineral density is ass ...
Summary The association between bone mineral density (BMD) and myocardial infarction (MI) was investigated in 6,872 men and women. For both men and ...
Physical activity, calcium inta ...
Summary In a free-living cohort of 4-year old children, mean daily time in moderate–vigorous physical activity and daily calcium intake at 3 years, ...
Prevalence of non-fracture shor ...
Summary We observed similar prevalence of short vertebral height without endplate depression (SVH) in young women aged 20–39 years and older women a ...
Non-elite gymnastics participat ...
Summary Recent reports indicate an increase in forearm fractures in children. Bone geometric properties are an important determinant of bone strengt ...
The impact of pharmacist interv ...
Summary We completed a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of pharmacist interventions in improving osteoporosis management. R ...
Effect of green tea and Tai Chi ...
Summary Postmenopausal women with osteopenia received green tea polyphenols (GTP) supplement and/or Tai Chi exercise for 6 months. Bone turnover bio ...
Socioeconomic status, race, and ...
Summary Among a group of 940 US adults, economic adversity and minority race status were associated with higher serum levels of markers of bone turn ...
Intra-and inter-reader reliabil ...
Summary Intra-and inter-reader reliability of semi-automated quantitative vertebral morphometry measurements was determined using lateral computed t ...
Fasting and postprandial spot u ...
Summary Clinicians can diagnose high urine calcium by asking patients to collect urine for 24 h or to provide a random urine specimen. In this study ...
Vertebral fracture efficacy dur ...
Summary Recent evidence suggests that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use may affect fracture risk, an important issue for patients being concurrently t ...
Diagnosis and treatment of oste ...
Summary Bisphosphonate treatment rates were examined before and after admission to long-term residential care. Bisphosphonate treatment rates were l ...
Serum undercarboxylated osteoca ...
Summary Recent animal studies have demonstrated that undercarboxylated osteocalcin upregulates insulin secretion via osteoblast-insulin signaling. H ...
Suppression of bone turnover by ...
Summary The role of B cells in inflammatory bone formation and resorption is controversial.We investigated this in patients with rheumatoid arthriti ...