Comparative trends in hospitali ...
Summary In Switzerland, the number, incidence, and cost of acute hospitalizations for major osteoporotic fractures (MOF) and major cardiovascular ev ...
Long-termtreatment with raloxif ...
Summary We determined whether suppression of sclerostin levels by estrogen treatment was mediated by anti-resorptive effect. Raloxifene, but not bis ...
Effects of paracetamol, non-ste ...
Summary Pain medication has been associated with fractures. We found higher weight in paracetamol and non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) u ...
A retrospective analysis of ext ...
Summary This study evaluated whether patients treated with bisphosphonates in the US Military Health System were more compliant with treatment given ...
The factor-of-risk biomechanica ...
Summary We examined the relation between a biomechanical measure, factor-of-risk, and hip fracture risk in 1,100 men and women from the Framingham S ...
Pattern of use of DXA scans in ...
Summary Osteoporosis in men is underdiagnosed. The use of dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was evaluated in almost 5,000 men aged 60–74 year ...
A study of relationships betwee ...
Summary Follow-up of a British national survey of older people found that in men, all-cause mortality was predicted by baseline plasma concentration ...
Semi-automatic determination of ...
Summary The vertebral endplates in lumbar radiographs were located by a semi-automatic annotation method using statistical shape models. Introducti ...
Genetic variants in the SOX6 ge ...
Summary Given the biological function of SOX6 and recent genome-wide association finding, we performed a finemapping association analyses to investi ...
Adherence to osteoporosis medic ...
Summary Compliance and persistence to bisphosphonates amongst Singaporean patients with osteoporosis were estimated. Mean medication possession rati ...
The impact of subtrochanteric f ...
Summary Hospital diagnosis codes are useful for assessing hip fracture rates in large populations. However, these codes do not reliably differentiat ...
Changes in bone mineral density ...
Summary In a controlled cohort study, bone mineral density (BMD) was measured in 153 women prepregnancy; during pregnancy; and 0.5, 4, 9, and 19 mon ...
Changes in osteocyte density co ...
Summary Histomorphometric assessment of trabecular bone in osteoporotic sheep showed that bone volume, osteoid surface area, bone formation rate, an ...
The potential impact of the Nat ...
Summary This analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2008 data describes the prevalence of risk factors for osteo ...
Balloon kyphoplasty and vertebr ...
Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most prevalent fractures in osteoporotic patients. The classical conservative management of these fra ...
Skeletal mineralization defects ...
Summary Histomorphometry and quantitative backscattered electron microscopy of iliac crest biopsies from patients with adult hypophosphatasia not on ...
QCT-based finite element models ...
Summary While dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the gold standard to evaluate fracture risk in vivo, in the present study, the qu ...
Non-pharmacological management ...
This consensus article reviews the various aspects of the non-pharmacological management of osteoporosis, including the effects of nutriments, physi ...
Balicatib, a cathepsin K inhibi ...
Summary Balicatib, an inhibitor of the osteoclastic enzyme cathepsin K, was tested in ovariectomized monkeys, a model for osteoporosis. As expected, ...
Use of bisphosphonate and risk ...
Summary Concerns have been raised among clinicians and patients whether or not bisphosphonates increase the risk of atrial fibrillation. In this lar ...
Changes in femur neck bone dens ...
Summary This analysis compares femur neck bone mineral density (FNBMD) and bone determinants in adults between National Health and Nutrition Examina ...
Low bone mineral density is ass ...
Summary The association between bone mineral density (BMD) and myocardial infarction (MI) was investigated in 6,872 men and women. For both men and ...
Physical activity, calcium inta ...
Summary In a free-living cohort of 4-year old children, mean daily time in moderate–vigorous physical activity and daily calcium intake at 3 years, ...
Prevalence of non-fracture shor ...
Summary We observed similar prevalence of short vertebral height without endplate depression (SVH) in young women aged 20–39 years and older women a ...
Non-elite gymnastics participat ...
Summary Recent reports indicate an increase in forearm fractures in children. Bone geometric properties are an important determinant of bone strengt ...