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Title Osteoporosis in unstable adult scoliosis
Creator/Author Velis, K.P. ; Healey, J.H. ; Schneider, R.
Publication Date1988 Dec 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6516267
Other Number(s)CODEN: CORTB
Resource TypeJournal Article
Resource RelationClin. Orthop. Relat. Res. ; Vol/Issue: 237
Research OrgHospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY (USA)
Subject550602 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-); SKELETAL DISEASES-- DIAGNOSIS;SKELETON-- EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGE DEPENDENCE;MINERALS;OSTEOPOROSIS;PATIENTS
Related SubjectBODY;COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;DISEASES;ORGANS;SKELETAL DISEASES;TOMOGRAPHY
Description/Abstract New noninvasive techniques as well as conventional methods were used to evaluate skeletal mass in the following three populations of adult white women as follows: (1) 79 subjects with preexisting idiopathic scoliosis designated as unstable (US) because of the associated presence in the lumbar spine of lateral spondylolisthesis with segmental instability; (2) 67 subjects with preexisting idiopathic scoliosis without lateral spondylolisthesis designated as stable (SS); and (3) 248 age-matched nonscoliotic controls.^Ages in all three groups were categorized into premenopausal (25-44 years), perimenopausal (45-54 years), and postmenopausal (55-84 years).^The results showed higher scoliosis morbidity in the US compared to the SS populations.^The prevalence and severity of osteoporosis were markedly increased in US versus SS populations.^Femoral neck density determined by dual-photon absorptiometry techniques averaged 26% to 48% lower in all age categories of US patients compared to controls.^These changes were found in the youngest age groups, indicating reductions in bone mineral content earlier in the adult life of white women with a specific type of high-morbidity US characterized by the marker of lateral spondylolisthesis.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 132-141
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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