[Daily practice using the guidelines for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Association between height loss and QOL in the elderly].
Medical care of osteoporosis aims at preventing bone fractures and thereby maintaining and improving the quality of life (QOL). It was observed in some studies that height loss and vertebral fracture had an independent, significant impact on QOL in the elderly. It had been believed thus far that the phenomenon of height loss was attributable mainly to incurred spinal fracture and that it had no clinical value other than as a sign of osteoporosis, but some studies revealed that height loss was also a factor affecting QOL independently of vertebral fracture.
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Naomi
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Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Department of Clinical Studies.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001827:Body Height; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*