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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2019

Mechanisms Underlying Normal Fracture Healing and Risk Factors for Delayed Healing.

Cheng Cheng, Dolores Shoback

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on bone fractures: a systematic review update.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024
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  17. The Human Gut Microbiota: A Key Mediator of Osteoporosis and Osteogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  18. Finite Element Analysis of Fracture Fixation.Current osteoporosis reports · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng ChengEndocrine Research Unit, Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1700 Owens Street, Room 369, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Dolores ShobackEndocrine Research Unit, Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1700 Owens Street, Room 369, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA. dolores.shoback@ucsf.edu.
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewSubstantial advances have been made in understanding the biological basis of fracture healing. Yet, it is unclear whether the presence of osteoporosis or prior or current osteoporosis therapy influences the healing process or is associated with impaired healing. This review discusses the normal process of fracture healing and the role of osteoporosis and patient-specific factors in relation to fracture repair. RECENT

findingsThe definitive association of osteoporosis to impaired fracture healing remains inconclusive because of limited evidence addressing this point. eStudies testing anabolic agents in preclinical models of ovariectomized animals with induced fractures have produced mostly positive findings showing enhanced fracture repair. Prospective human clinical trials, although few in number and limited in design and to testing only one anabolic agent, have similarly yielded modestly favorable results. Interest is high for exploring currently available osteoporosis therapies for efficacy in fracture repair. Definitive data supporting their efficacy are essential in achieving approval for this indication.

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AnimalsFracture HealingHumansOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesRisk FactorsAtypical femoral fractureBisphosphonatesDenosumabDickkopf-1EstrogenFracture healingOsteoporosisParathyroid hormone (PTH)PTH-related peptideRaloxifeneRisk factorsSclerostin

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PMID30671884
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