Rehabilitation of the older adult with an osteoporosis-related fracture.
Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease and is clinically silent until it manifests in the form of fracture. When this occurs, significant deformity and disability can result. Appropriate rehabilitation of fracture includes antiosteoporotic medication; exercise programs; fall prevention; orthoses, such as bracing and hip protectors; and the minimally invasive procedures vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
Lin
Julie T
JT
Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. linj@hss.edu
Lane
Joseph M
JM
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome