Bone mineral density evaluation among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy.

Autor:	Rezende R; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Cardoso IM; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Leonel RB; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Perim LG; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Oliveira TG; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Jacob Júnior C; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Júnior JL; Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil., Lourenço RB; Diagnostic Imaging Center, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de ortopedia [Rev Bras Ortop] 2014 Dec 30; Vol. 50 (1), pp. 68-71. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Dec 30 (Print Publication: 2015).
DOI:	10.1016/j.rboe.2014.12.003
Abstrakt:	Objective: To evaluate bone mineral density among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Methods: This was a descriptive prospective study in which both bone densitometric and anthropometric data were evaluated. The inclusion criteria used were that the patients should present quadriplegic cerebral palsy, be confined to a wheelchair, be between 10 and 20 years of age and present neuromuscular scoliosis. Results: We evaluated 31 patients (20 females) with a mean age of 14.2 years. Their mean biceps circumference, calf circumference and body mass index were 19.4 cm, 18.6 cm and 16.9 kg/m(2), respectively. The mean standard deviation from bone densitometry was -3.2 (z-score), which characterizes osteoporosis. Conclusion: There is high incidence of osteoporosis in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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