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

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 patie...

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Autores principales: Rezende, Rodrigo, Cardoso, Igor Machado, Leonel, Rayana Bomfim, Perim, Larissa Grobério Lopes, Oliveira, Tarcísio Guimarães Silva, Jacob Júnior, Charbel, Júnior, José Lucas Batista, Lourenço, Rafael Burgomeister
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4519559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.12.003
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Sumario: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.

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