Conservative management of patients with an osteoporotic vertebral fracture: A review of the literature

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-157

  Longo, U G ^a   Loppini, M ^a   Denaro, L ^a   Maffulli, N ^b   Denaro, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CLODRONIC ACID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; BED REST; BRACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORSET; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EMBASE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEADACHE; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; XEROSTOMIA;

BACK PAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84856879502     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B2.26894     Document Type: Review

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