| Autor: |
Rodrigo Rezende, Igor Machado Cardoso, Rayana Bomfim Leonel, Larissa Grobério Lopes Perim, Tarcísio Guimarães Silva Oliveira, Charbel Jacob Júnior, José Lucas Batista Júnior, Rafael Burgomeister Lourenço |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 68-71 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1982-4378 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.rboe.2014.12.003 |
| Popis: |
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/m2, 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. |
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