Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: Current concepts of conservative care

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-189

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Loppini, Mattia ^a   Denaro, Luca ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brace; conservative management; kyphoplasty; osteoporosis; rehabilitation; vertebral compression fractures; verterbroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BONE CEMENT; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); VITAMIN D;

AGING; BACKACHE; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BRACE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA COMPRESSION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BRACES; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84861802324     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldr048     Document Type: Review

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