Prevention and treatment of bone loss after a spinal cord injury: A systematic review

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-145

  Ashe, Maureen C ^a   Craven, B Catharine ^b   Eng, Janice J ^a,c,d   Krassioukov, Andrei ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Strong Rehab Centre   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Osteoporosis; Pharmacology; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; ETIDRONIC ACID; IBANDRONIC ACID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PLACEBO; RISEDRONIC ACID; TILUDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

BONE ATROPHY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 34250840064     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1301-123     Document Type: Review

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