Bone loss in spinal cord-injured patients: From physiopathology to therapy

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Maimoun L ^a,b   Fattal, C ^a   Micallef, J P ^c   Peruchon, E ^c   Rabischong, P ^a  

^a Centre Propara   (France)

^b Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Sur Le Metabolisme Osseux GRISMO   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Calcium homeostasis; Disphosphonates; Patients with spinal cord injury; Therapeutic approach

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLODRONIC ACID; ETIDRONIC ACID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; SALCATONIN; TILUDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE MATRIX; BONE METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMUR; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; STIMULUS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33645738496     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101832     Document Type: Review

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