Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2011
Low bone mineral density is a significant risk factor for low-energy distal radius fractures in middle-aged and elderly men: a case-control study.
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- Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture from Low-energy Trauma: An Observational Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2025Observational
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- The Association of Low Skeletal Muscle Mass with Complex Distal Radius Fracture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- No association between osteoporosis and AO classification of distal radius fractures: an observational study of 289 patients.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Observational
- Bone Microarchitecture and Distal Radius Fracture Pattern Complexity.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2019Article
- Association of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1, Bone Mass and Inflammation to Low-energy Distal Radius Fractures and Fracture Healing in Elderly Women Attending Emergency Care.Orthopaedic surgery · 2017Article
- Does regional loss of bone density explain low trauma distal forearm fractures in men (the Mr F study)?Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Article
- Prevalence of Fracture in Healthy Iranian Children Aged 9-18 Years and Associated Risk Factors; A Population Based Study.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2017Article
- Risk factors and incidence of repeat osteoporotic fractures among the elderly in Taiwan: a population-based cohort study.Medicine · 2015Article
- Calcium phosphate cement augmentation after volar locking plating of distal radius fracture significantly increases stability.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2014Article
- Mortality after distal radius fracture in men and women aged 50 years and older in southern Norway.PloS one · 2014Article
- Evaluation and treatment of osetoporotic distal radius fracture in the elderly patient.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2013Article
- The epidemiology of distal radius fractures.Hand clinics · 2012Review
- The epidemiology of low- and high-energy distal radius fracture in middle-aged and elderly men and women in Southern Norway.PloS one · 2012Article
- Clinical management of osteoporotic vertebral fracture treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn general there is a lack of data on osteoporosis and fracture in men; this also includes low-energy distal radius fractures. The objectives of this study were to examine BMD and identify factors associated with distal radius fractures in male patients compared with controls recruited from the background population.
methodsIn a 2-year period, 44 men 50 years or older were diagnosed with low-energy distal radius fractures, all recruited from one hospital. The 31 men who attended for osteoporosis assessment were age-matched with 35 controls. Demographic and clinical data were collected and BMD at femoral neck, total hip and spine L2-4 was assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
resultsApart from weight and living alone, no significant differences were found between patient and controls for demographic variables (e.g. height, smoking) and clinical variables (e.g. co-morbidity, use of glucocorticoids, osteoporosis treatment, falls and previous history of fracture). However, BMD expressed as T-score was significant lower in patients than in controls at all measurement sites (femoral neck: -2.24 vs. -1.15, p < 0.001; Total hip: -1.65 vs. -0.64, p < 0.001; Spine L2-4: -1.26 vs. 0.25, p = 0.002). Among the potential risk factors for fracture evaluated, only reduced BMD was found to be significantly associated with increased risk for low-energy distal radius fractures in men.
conclusionThe results from our study indicate that reduced BMD is an important risk factor for low-energy distal radius fracture in men. This suggests that improvement of BMD by both pharmacological and non-pharmacological initiatives may be a strategy to reduce fracture risk in men.
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