ArticleJournal of bone and mineral metabolism2021
Association between handgrip strength and subsequent vertebral-fracture risk following percutaneous vertebral augmentation.
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- A systematic review on the associations between low back pain and frailty in community-dwelling older adults.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for subsequent vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebral augmentation in Asian populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Determining ED50 of Nalbuphine for Intraoperative Analgesia in Elderly Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Single-Center, Dose-Finding Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
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- Do Grip Strength Dynamometer Readings Improve After Cervical Spine Surgery?Global spine journal · 2025Article
- Handgrip and its relation to age, fragility fractures, and BMD between sexes in a population aged 50+ years.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2024Article
- The predictive value of albumin to alkaline phosphatase ratio for vertebral refractures in postmenopausal women.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2024Article
- Computed tomography-based paravertebral muscle density predicts subsequent vertebral fracture risks independently of bone mineral density in postmenopausal women following percutaneous vertebral augmentation.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Impact of Multifidus Muscle Atrophy on the Occurrence of Secondary Symptomatic Adjacent Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures.Calcified tissue international · 2022Article
- Association Between Poor Nutritional Status and Increased Risk for Subsequent Vertebral Fracture in Elderly People with Percutaneous Vertebroplasty.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
- Association between Relative Handgrip Strength and Chronic Lower Back Pain: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between handgrip strength (HGS) and the risk of subsequent vertebral fracture (SVF) after percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA). MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 340 patients aged over 50 years with osteoporotic vertebral fracture were enrolled in this 3-year follow-up investigation. HGS was measured with a hand-held dynamometer before PVA. Female patients and male patients were grouped using the HGS threshold recommended by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS). Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to evaluate SVF-free survival. The hazard ratios (HRs) of HGS for SVF events were estimated with the Cox proportional hazards model.
resultsDuring the follow-up period, a total of 93 patients (27.4%) experienced SVF. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the HGS of female patients < 18.0 kg and male patients < 28 kg was significantly associated with lower SVF-free survival (female patients: p < 0.001, male patients: p = 0.038; log-rank test). Among women, each 1-kg increase in HGS was associated with a 9% lower risk of SVF (HR 0.91, p = 0.035) after adjustment for potential risk factors. Among men, although the associations between low HGS and increased risk of SVF were significant in the crude model (HR 0.79, p < 0.001), this significance disappeared after adjustment for bone mineral density of the femoral neck.
conclusionsLow HGS was significantly associated with lower SVF-free survival among elderly patients who underwent single-level PVA for osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
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