title: Bone mineral density evaluation among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate bone mineral density among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive prospective study in which both bone densitometric and anthropometric data were evaluated. The inclusion criteria used were that the patients should present quadriplegic cerebral palsy, be confined to a wheelchair, be between 10 and 20 years of age and present neuromuscular scoliosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We evaluated 31 patients (20 females) with a mean age of 14.2 years. Their mean biceps circumference, calf circumference and body mass index were 19.4 cm, 18.6 cm and 16.9 kg/m(2), respectively. The mean standard deviation from bone densitometry was -3.2 (z-score), which characterizes osteoporosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is high incidence of osteoporosis in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor Machado
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rayana Bomfim
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Leonel
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Larissa Grobério Lopes
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Perim
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarcísio Guimarães Silva
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Charbel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacob Júnior
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Lucas Batista
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Júnior
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging Center, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Burgomeister
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lourenço
keywords: Neuromuscular; Osteoporosis; Scoliosis