Resection of Heterotopic Ossifi ...
Objective Improvement of hip mobility. Decrease of spasticity. Decrease or elimination of pain. Indications Complete ankylosis of hip. Partial a ...
Autologous Osteochondral Transp ...
Objective Replacement of cartilaginous defects of the talus by autologous osteochondral cylinders allowing restoration of form and function of ankl ...
Secular trends in the incidence ...
Osteoporosis constitutes a major public health problem through its association with age-related fractures, most notably those of the proximal femur. ...
Interpretation and use of FRAX ...
Summary The introduction of the WHO FRAX® algorithms has facilitated the assessment of fracture risk on the basis of fracture probability. Its use i ...
High incidence of vertebral and ...
Summary A 5-year follow-up study was performed in female RA patients with established disease looking at vertebral fractures, scored on spinal X-ray ...
Does birthweight predict bone m ...
Summary This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the strength and magnitude of the association between birthweight and adult bone mass. Hig ...
How strontium ranelate, via opp ...
Oestrogen deficiency increases the rate of bone remodelling which, in association with a negative remodelling balance (resorption exceeding formatio ...
Systematic review on interventi ...
This study aims to determine osteoporosis (OP) investigation and treatment within post-fracture initiatives conducted in fracture clinics and other ...
Lifestyle factors, medications, ...
Summary Aging alone is not the only factor accounting for poor bone health in older men. There are modifiable factors and lifestyle choices that may ...
Validation of a case definition ...
Summary A simple case definition for osteoporosis case diagnosis is feasible based upon administrative health data. This may facilitate implementati ...
Menopausal bone changes and inc ...
Summary The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of bone loss and incident fractures in women with diabetes mellitus (DM) across menopause ...
Vertebral fracture risk (VFR) s ...
Summary Early prognosis of osteoporosis risk is not only important to individual patients but is also a key factor when screening for osteoporosis d ...
Ethnic differences in femur geo ...
Summary Participants in the observational study of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) were studied to determine if ethnic differences in femur geom ...
Low bone density and bone metab ...
Summary Boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often have reduced bone mass and increased fracture risk. In this prospective study on 33 patients, ca ...
Efficacy and safety of bazedoxi ...
Summary This 6-month study examined the efficacy and safety of bazedoxifene 20 mg in postmenopausal Asian women. Bazedoxifene showed statistically s ...
The effects of low dose parathy ...
Summary This study evaluated the hypothesis that increased bone marrow adipogenesis is coupled to decreased bone formation in rats consuming alcohol ...
Clinical risk factor assessment ...
Summary This study evaluated the characteristics of patients with vertebral fractures and examined the discriminative ability of clinical risk facto ...
The effect of acute exercise on ...
Summary The purpose of this study was to examine if the reduction in glucose post-exercise is mediated by undercarboxylated osteocalcin (unOC). Obes ...
Age-specific reference values o ...
Summary We analyzed 2,107 hip dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) images from the Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis Study with the Hip Struc ...
Association between incident an ...
Summary Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) with densitometric devices uses less radiation than spinal radiography. We assessed risk of new vertebra ...
Beneficial effect of risedronat ...
Summary A 36-month observational study compared the incidence of unaffected side hip fracture in Japanese female osteoporosis patients with a histor ...
Bisphosphonate prescribing, per ...
Summary We studied new users of oral bisphosphonates and found that less than half persisted with therapy for 2 years, and interruptions in use were ...
Follicle-stimulating hormone an ...
Summary The association between follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and bone density was tested in 111 postmenopausal women aged 50.64 years. In the ...
Left-Ventricular Noncompaction ...
Left-ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is an echocardiographic finding of increasing frequency in pediatrics; however, predictors of outcomes have be ...
Tricuspid Valve Repair in Hypop ...
Tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) remains an obstacle for staged palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Because previous results fro ...