Does standing protect bone density in patients with chronic spinal cord injury?
| Autor: | Ahmet Salim Goktepe, Sukru Gunduz, Ridvan Alaca, Bilge Yilmaz, Ilknur Tugcu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Bone density Adolescent Osteoporosis Posture Lumbar vertebrae medicine.disease_cause Weight-bearing Weight-Bearing Lumbar Absorptiometry Photon Bone Density medicine Humans Femur Spinal cord injury Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Physical Therapy Modalities Spinal Cord Injuries Lumbar Vertebrae medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Original Contribution Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Treatment Outcome Chronic Disease Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | The journal of spinal cord medicine. 31(2) |
| ISSN: | 1079-0268 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE To compare the t-scores of proximal femur and lumbar spine of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) with different levels of weight bearing. METHODS Cross-sectional study comparing 3 groups of patients with SCI: patients with daily standing times of more than 1 hour, patients with daily standing times of less than 1 hour, and nonstanding patients. Seventy-one patients with chronic SCI were recruited. They were assigned to 1 of 3 groups according to their reported daily standing time. The bone density of lumbar and proximal femoral regions was measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS The 3 groups were similar in terms of demographics and clinical variables. No significant difference was found among the mean t-scores of lumbar and proximal femoral regions of the groups. However, the patients in the group that stood more than 1 hour daily had a slight tendency to have higher t-scores than those in the control group. CONCLUSIONS There was no significant difference among the 3 groups. However, standing might be partially helpful in protecting the bone density in SCI by opposing the effects of immobilization. |
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