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ArticleOrthopaedic surgery2017

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.

Simona I Chisalita, Lee Ti Chong, Maciej Wajda, Lars Adolfsson, Mischa Woisetschläger, Anna Spångeus

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Article in Orthopaedic surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simona I ChisalitaDepartment of Endocrinology and Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Lee Ti ChongDepartment of Emergency and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Maciej WajdaDepartment of Emergency and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Lars AdolfssonDepartment of Orthopaedics and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Mischa WoisetschlägerDepartment of Radiology and Department of Medicine and Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Anna SpångeusDepartment of Endocrinology and Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Linköping University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveElderly patients suffer fractures through low-energy mechanisms. The distal radius is the most frequent fracture localization. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) plays an important role in the maintenance of bone mass and its levels decline with advancing age and in states of malnutrition. Our aim was to investigate the association of IGF1 levels, bone mass, nutritional status, and inflammation to low-energy distal radius fractures and also study if fracture healing is influenced by IGF1, nutritional status, and inflammation.

methodsPostmenopausal women, 55 years or older, with low-energy distal radius fractures occurring due to falling on slippery ground, indoors or outdoors, were recruited in the emergency department (ED) and followed 1 and 5 weeks after the initial trauma with biomarkers for nutritional status and inflammation. Fractures were diagnosed according to standard procedure by physical examination and X-ray. All patients were conservatively treated with plaster casts in the ED. Patients who needed interventions were excluded from our study. Fracture healing was evaluated from radiographs. Fracture healing assessment was made with a five-point scale where the radiological assessment included callus formation, fracture line, and stage of union. Blood samples were taken within 24 h after fracture and analyzed in the routine laboratory. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

resultsThirty-eight Caucasian women, aged 70.5 ± 8.9 years (mean ± SD) old, were recruited. Nutritional status, as evaluated by albumin (40.3 ± 3.1 g/L), IGF1 (125.3 ± 39.9 μg/L), body mass index (26.9 ± 3.6 kg/m

conclusionsIn elderly women with low-energy distal radius fractures, an association between IGF1 and lowest measures of BMD was found, indicating that low IGF1 could be an indirect risk factor for fractures. Fracture healing was associated with initial leukocytosis and a lower thrombocyte count, suggesting that inflammation and thrombocytes are important components in fracture healing.

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Fracture HealingAbsorptiometry, PhotonAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBone DensityEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFracture FixationHumansInflammationInsulin-Like Growth Factor IMalnutritionMiddle AgedBiomarkersIGF1 protein, humanInsulin-Like Growth Factor IFracture healingInflammationInsulin-like growth factor-1Radius fracture

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PMID29178313
PMCPMC6584470
OpenAlexW2774221125

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