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Filter by:Osteoporotic vertebral fracture (VF) and osteonecrosis of the femoral head (OFH) are major concerns in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases treated with high-dose glucocorticoids (GCs). The investigators examined and compared the incidence and risk factors of VF with those of OFH in patients who had recently received high-dose GC therapy to clarify the relationship between these two complications.
The aim of this pilot study was to determine the effect of physiotherapy on impairments and health-related quality of life in people with a painful osteoporotic spinal fracture. It is hypothesised that physiotherapy will reduce impairments and improve quality of life in this patient group.
Postmenopausal women with vertebral fractures (VFs) represent an important target for secondary fracture prevention, but few of these patients come for clinical attention. Recent evidence suggests that screening postmenopausal women for clinical risk factors like height loss and fracture risk identifies those at high risk of prevalent VFs who should be referred for diagnostic X-rays, a strategy which is likely to prove cost effective. However, before being applied at a United Kingdom (UK)-wide level, it needs to be established that use of this strategy improves secondary fracture prevention, and that these benefits are achieved in a cost-effective manner. To examine these questions, a randomised-controlled-trial will be performed in which women aged 65-80 from general practitioner (GP)-practices in the intervention group will be invited for risk factor assessment, followed by referral for thoracolumbar X-ray where appropriate. The primary outcome will be a change in bisphosphonate or other drug prescribing between the intervention and control arms after six months.