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Extremity fractures in patients presenting with traumatic spinal fractures and spinal cord injury

Medicine, 2020
Abstract Clinical features of extremity fractures (EFs) in patients presenting with traumatic spinal fractures (TSFs) and spinal cord injury (SCI) have not been investigated. To investigate the clinical features and risk factors for EFs in patients presenting with TSFs and SCI.
Wang, Hongwei, Wu, Deluo, Xu, Weijie, Zhu, Yunpeng, Liu, Huan, Li, Changqing, Liu, Jun, Ou, Lan, Xiang, Liangbi   +8 more
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Prediction of risk of fracture in the tibia due to altered bone mineral density distribution resulting from disuse: a finite element study [PDF]

, 2014
The disuse-related bone loss that results from immobilisation following injury shares characteristics with osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and the aged, with decreases in bone mineral density leading to weakening of the bone and increased risk of ...
Allan, David B, Gislason, Magnus K., Coupaud, Sylvie, Allan, David B., Gislason, Magnus, Sasagawa, Keisuke, Tanabe, Yuji, Tanner, K. Elizabeth, Purcell, Mariel   +8 more
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The epidemiology of spinal fractures in a level 2 trauma center in Kuwait

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: Spinal fractures are a public health issue with high morbidity and mortality, and significant social and economic impact. The burden of disease can be minimized through effective management and preventive strategies based on basic ...
Meshal Alhadhoud, Najla Alsiri
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Pediatric Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Fractures [PDF]

Acta Medica Alanya
Aim: Vertebral body fractures in childhood are rarely observed and differ from those in adults due to incomplete ossification. There is no guideline for the management of pediatric thoracolumbar spinal fractures.
Kürşad Turul, Birol Özkal
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Prevalent morphometric vertebral fractures in professional male rugby players. [PDF]

, 2014
There is an ongoing concern about the risk of injury to the spine in professional rugby players. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of vertebral fracture using vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) dual energy X-ray ...
Beck, B., Hind, K., Birrell, F., Birrell, Fraser, Birrell Fraser, Hind, K, Belinda Beck, Beck, Belinda, Fraser Birrell, Hind Karen, Hind, Karen, Beck Belinda, Karen Hind, Beck, B, Birrell, F   +14 more
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Effect of detraining on bone and muscle tissue in subjects with chronic spinal cord injury after a period of electrically-stimulated cycling: a small cohort study [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To investigate adaptive changes in bone and muscle parameters in the paralysed limbs after de-training or reduced functional electrical stimulation (FES) induced cycling following high-volume FES-cycling in chronic spinal cord injury (SCI ...
Kakebeeke, T.H., Hunt, Kenneth J, KJ Hunt, P Eser, Coupaud, S., TH Kakebeeke, Perret, C., Hunt, K.J., Hunt, Kenneth, Coupaud, Sylvie, Frotzler, A., Frotzler, Angela, S Coupaud, Kakebeeke, Tanja H, Kakebeeke, Tanja, Perret, Claudio, Eser, Prisca, A Frotzler, Eser, P., C Perret   +19 more
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Effect of detraining on bone strength in subjects with chronic spinal cord injury after a period of electrically-stimulated-cycling : a small cohort study [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate adaptive changes in bone and muscle parameters in the paralysed limbs after detraining or reduced functional electrical stimulation (FES) induced cycling following high-volume FES-cycling in chronic spinal cord injury.
Hunt, Kenneth, Coupaud, Sylvie, Frotzler, Angela, Kakebeeke, Tanja, Perret, Claudio, Eser, Prisca   +5 more
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Retrospective Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis after Spinal Fractures: A Review of 3 Cases and Clinical Implication

Case Reports in Orthopedic Research, 2021
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an underdiagnosed inflammatory condition in the initial stages of disease that can cause vertebral fractures in young adults after trivial trauma.
Kamran Farooque, Santanu Kar, Burhan Salim Siamwala, Vijay Sharma   +3 more
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A systematic review of evidence on malignant spinal metastases : natural history and technologies for identifying patients at high risk of vertebral fracture and spinal cord compression [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Spinal metastases can lead to significant morbidity and reduction in quality of life due to spinal cord compression (SCC). Between 5% and 20% of patients with spinal metastases develop metastatic spinal cord compression during the course of ...
M Connock, D Shyangdan, Shyangdan, D., Court, Rachel A., Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, P Sutcliffe, R Court, N-B Kandala, Sutcliffe, P. (Paul), Connock, M., A Clarke, Clarke, Aileen   +11 more
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Outcome and cost of spinal fractures and spinal tumors [PDF]

European Spine Journal, 2009
The aim of the study was to delineate rates of surgery, length of hospital stay, return to work, iterative surgery rates and cost to society of spinal tumor (ST) and spinal fracture (SF) surgery in Belgium. Overall surgery rates were obtained from the National Institute for Health Care and Disability Insurance.
Marc, Du Bois, Peter, Donceel
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