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The With Or Without Olecranon K-wire (WOW OK) Trial of tension band wire fixation versus cerclage fixation without K-wires in displaced stable olecranon fractures: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Background Displaced olecranon fractures with a stable elbow joint are classified as Mayo type 2a or 2b and are commonly operated with tension band wiring, i.e. two K-wires and a cerclage.
Gustav Cornefjord, Ioannis Kostogiannis, Cecilia Rogmark, Daniel Jerrhag, Daniel Wenger   +4 more
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Does industry-sponsored education foster overdiagnosis and overtreatment of depression, osteoporosis and over-active bladder syndrome? An Australian cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
ObjectivesTo investigate patterns of industry-sponsored educational events that focus on specific health conditions for which there are concerns about overdiagnosis and overtreatment.Design and settingThis retrospective cohort study examines publicly ...
Bero, Lisa, Fabbri, Alice, Grundy, Quinn, Mintzes, Barbara, Moynihan, Ray, Swandari, Swestika   +5 more
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Bone remodeling: an operational process ensuring survival and bone mechanical competence

Bone Research, 2022
Bone remodeling replaces old and damaged bone with new bone through a sequence of cellular events occurring on the same surface without any change in bone shape.
Simona Bolamperti, Isabella Villa, Alessandro Rubinacci   +2 more
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Increasing the knowledge, identification and treatment of osteoporosis through education and shared decision-making with residents living in a retirement village community [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: This pilot study explored whether individual goal setting in a retirement village setting could improve strategies to strengthen bones in an ageing population and help prevent osteoporosis.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Bender, Blalock, Center, Chami, Commonwealth of Australia, Dreinhöfer, Ebeling, Farmer, Francis, Gaines, Gianoudis, Hosking, Iversen, Levinson, Nanduri, Nayak, Nielsen, Otmar, Pasco, Rothmann, Sale, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Tosi, Watts, Winzenberg   +25 more
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Sex differences in the prevalence and adverse outcomes of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in community dwelling elderly in East China using the AWGS criteria

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity (SO) have a greater impact on the elderly. This study aimed to explore whether there were sex differences in the prevalence and adverse outcomes of sarcopenia and SO in community-dwelling elderly individuals ...
Yanping Du, Xiaodong Wang, Hua Xie, Songbai Zheng, Xiaoqing Wu, Xiaoying Zhu, Xuemei Zhang, Sihong Xue, Huilin Li, Wei Hong, Wenjing Tang, Minmin Chen, Qun Cheng, Jianqin Sun   +13 more
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Correlation of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis with bone mineral density in adults aged 20–59 years

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021
Background It is reported that osteoporosis commonly occurs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas the association between osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (OA) remains controversial.
Zhongxin Zhu, Gangfeng Hu, Fang Jin, Xiaocong Yao   +3 more
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Vitamin K catabolite inhibition of ovariectomy-induced bone loss: Structure–activity relationship considerations [PDF]

, 2014
The potential benefit of vitamin K as a therapeutic in osteoporosis is controversial and the vitamin K regimen being used clinically (45 mg/day) employs doses that are many times higher than required to ensure maximal gamma‐carboxylation of the vitamin K‐
Emery, R, Hodges, S J, Imperial College London, Oguz, C, Pitsillides, A A, Soper, R J   +5 more
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Prevalence and incidence of osteoporotic fractures in patients on long-term glucocorticoid treatment for rheumatic diseases: the Glucocorticoid Induced OsTeoporosis TOol (GIOTTO) study

Reumatismo, 2017
Osteoporosis and fractures are common and invalidating consequences of chronic glucorticoid (GC) treatment. Reliable information regarding the epidemiology of GC induced osteoporosis (GIOP) comes exclusively from the placebo group of randomized clinical ...
M. Rossini, O. Viapiana, M. Vitiello, N. Malavolta, G. La Montagna, S. Maddali Bongi, O. Di Munno, R. Nuti, C.U. Manzini, C. Ferri, L. Bogliolo, A. Mathieu, F. Cantatore, A. Del Puente, M. Muratore, W. Grassi, B. Frediani, G. Saviola, P. Delvino, L. Mirone, G. Ferraccioli, G. Tripi, I. Piazza, D. Gatti   +23 more
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Hospitalization in High Fracture Risk Older Adults with Osteoporosis Using the Safe Functional Motion Test: A Longitudinal Analysis

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021
The Safe Functional Motion Test (SFM-5) is a five item performance based clinical assessment tool quantifying habitual daily movement that may increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Fractures are a major cause of hospitalization and contributor
Daniel J. Van Dussen PhD, Chris P. Recknor MD, Julie C. Recknor PhD   +2 more
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Alendronate or alfacalcidol in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Treatment with glucocorticoids is associated with bone loss starting soon after therapy is initiated and an increased risk of fracture. METHODS: We performed a randomized, double-placebo, double-blind clinical trial of 18 months' duration ...
Ale Algra, Anne-Margriet Huisman, Ans C.M. Oostveen, Ben A.C. Dijkmans, Chris E.D. de Laet, de Nijs RN, Erik Buskens, George A.W. Bruyn, Johannes W.G. Jacobs, Johannes W.J. Bijlsma, Michel BA, Piet P.M.M. Geusens, Roland F.J. Laan, Ron N.J. de Nijs, Willem F. Lems   +14 more
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