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dc.contributor.authorSosa Henríquez, Manuel Joséen_US
dc.contributor.authorDiaz Curiel, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-24T11:16:27Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-24T11:16:27Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.issn1889-836Xen_US
dc.identifier.otherWoS-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/75880-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Fractures are a clinical complication of osteoporosis, and among them vertebral fractures (VF) are the most frequent. This type of fracture is often asymptomatic or happens unnoticed and is not diagnosed.Objective: To study the prevalence of previously non-diagnosed vertebral fractures in a population of post menopausal women over 50, who have attended an Internal Medicine outpatient clinic because of chronic back pain.Material and methods: 273 women participated in the study, which comprised a group of cases (Group I) and a control group (Group II). Group I consisted of 202 post-menopausal women who had chronic back pain at the time they attended one of 13 Internal Medicine outpatient clinics across Spain. Group II was made up of 71 women who did not have back pain, and who were used as controls. To register any risk factors for osteoporosis, and any clinical symptoms, a questionnaire, previously validated and used in other similar clinical studies by SEIOMM members, was completed for all the female patients. A lateral thoracic and lumbar X-ray was also carried out on all female patients. The interpretation of the X-rays was done centrally. The Genant criteria for vertebral deformity were used for the diagnosis of the vertebral fractures.Results: The post-menopausal women with chronic back pain were shorter in height than those who did not have back pain (154 +/- 7.7 cm compared with 157 +/- 7.7 cm, p= 0.005), they had a greater prevalence of kyphosis (54% vs 32.4%) and a higher prevalence of VF (15.8% vs 2.8%, p= 0.004). No statistically significant differences in the prevalence of fractures in total, hip fractures, Colles fractures and other fractures, were found between the two groups. BMI, VFs and kyphosis showed an independent and statistically significant association with back pain.Conclusions: At the time of the study 15.8% of post-menopausal women with chronic back pain presented with at least one VF. In addition, they had a higher prevalence of kyphosis, and were on average 3 cm shorter, than the women without back pain. Given that these fractures were not previously diagnosed, we suggest carrying out a lateral thoracic-lumbar X-ray on these patients, in order to establish a diagnosis and to start treatment as soon as possible.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRevista de Osteoporosis y Metabolismo Mineralen_US
dc.sourceRevista De Osteoporosis Y Metabolismo Mineral [ISSN 1889-836X], v. 2 (1), p. 9-13, (Marzo 2010)en_US
dc.subject32 Ciencias médicasen_US
dc.subject.otherVertebral Fractureen_US
dc.subject.otherOsteoporosisen_US
dc.subject.otherPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.otherBack Painen_US
dc.titleThe prevalence of vertebral fractures in patients attending Internal Medicine outpatient clinicsen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/Articleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.isi000215877600002-
dc.identifier.eissn2173-2345-
dc.description.lastpage13en_US
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.description.firstpage9en_US
dc.relation.volume2en_US
dc.investigacionCiencias de la Saluden_US
dc.type2Artículoen_US
dc.contributor.daisngid34942777-
dc.contributor.daisngid355011-
dc.description.numberofpages5en_US
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dc.contributor.wosstandardWOS:Henriquez, MS-
dc.contributor.wosstandardWOS:Curiel, MD-
dc.date.coverdateMarzo 2010en_US
dc.identifier.ulpgcen_US
dc.contributor.buulpgcBU-MEDen_US
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crisitem.author.deptGIR SIANI: Ingeniería biomédica aplicada a estimulación neural y sensorial-
crisitem.author.deptIU Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-6845-2933-
crisitem.author.parentorgIU Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas-
crisitem.author.fullNameSosa Henríquez,Manuel José-
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