Lower limbs heterometry correction in patients with osteoporosis and increased risk of falls
| Autor: | Matteo Scarselli, Pietro Pasquetti, Angelo Alito, Laura Busi, Elisa Pratelli, Claudio Zanella, Giuseppe Mangone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation business.industry Materials Science (miscellaneous) medicine.medical_treatment Osteoporosis Leg length 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Balance board medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Orthopedic trauma 0302 clinical medicine Increased risk Physical therapy medicine Original Article In patient 030212 general & internal medicine business Fall prevention |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism. 14:294 |
| ISSN: | 1971-3266 |
| Popis: | Osteoporotic fractures are associated with a significant increase in morbidity, mortality and medical costs. There is also a strong link between fractures and increased mortality. Among effective measures for the prevention of falls, instability treatment surely plays a crucial role. Several factors contribute to instability, many of which are ageing-related: visual spatial deficit, strength reduction, weight imbalance with COP lateralization sometimes favoured by LLD (leg length discrepancy). It seems useful to detect an heterometry which could be corrected, if present. The aim of our work is to assess the responses of individuals with heterometry diagnosis to the wedge positioning, using the balance board Lizard 3.0®. In the period between January 2013 and September 2013, 52 patients were recruited with clinical heterometry >5 mm among those that were treated in the Recovery and Rehabilitation Agency’s postural clinic of the Careggi Hospital Orthopedic Trauma Centre in Florence. Our measurements have revealed that there is a statistically significant correlation (p |
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