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ArticleJBMR plus2020

Administration of Denosumab Preserves Bone Mineral Density at the Knee in Persons With Subacute Spinal Cord Injury: Findings From a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Christopher M Cirnigliaro, Michael F La Fountaine, J Scott Parrott, Steven C Kirshblum, Cristin McKenna, Susan J Sauer, Sue A Shapses, Lihong Hao, Isa A McClure, Joshua C Hobson and 2 more

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Article in JBMR plus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Loss of lower extremity bone mineral density 1 year after denosumab is discontinued in persons with subacute spinal cord injury.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023
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  2. Denosumab for Prevention of Acute Onset Immobilization-Induced Alterations of Bone Turnover: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022
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  3. Bone and non-contractile soft tissue changes following open kinetic chain resistance training and testosterone treatment in spinal cord injury: an exploratory study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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  6. International Spinal Cord Injury Fracture History Extended Data Set.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2025
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  13. Disuse Osteoporosis: Clinical and Mechanistic Insights.Calcified tissue international · 2022
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  14. Secondary Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher M CirnigliaroDepartment of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Service National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bronx NY USA.
Michael F La FountaineDepartment of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Service National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bronx NY USA.
J Scott ParrottDepartment of Interdisciplinary Studies School of Health Professions, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark NJ USA.
Steven C KirshblumKessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange NJ USA.
Cristin McKennaKessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange NJ USA.
Susan J SauerKessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange NJ USA.
Sue A ShapsesDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ USA.
Lihong HaoDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ USA.
Isa A McClureKessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange NJ USA.
Joshua C HobsonDepartment of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology University of Delaware Newark DE USA.
Ann M SpungenDepartment of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Service National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bronx NY USA.
William A BaumanDepartment of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Service National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bronx NY USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-7150
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USKessler Institute for Rehabilitation · USRehabilitation Research and Development Service · USSeton Hall University · USUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persons with neurologically motor-complete spinal cord injury (SCI) have a marked loss of bone mineral density (BMD) of the long bones of the lower extremities, predisposing them to fragility fractures, especially at the knee. Denosumab, a commercially available human monoclonal IgG antibody to receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), may provide an immunopharmacological solution to the rapid progressive deterioration of sublesional bone after SCI. Twenty-six SCI participants with subacute motor-complete SCI were randomized to receive either denosumab (60 mg) or placebo at baseline (BL), 6, and 12 months. Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at 18 months at the distal femur was the primary outcome and aBMD of the proximal tibia and hip were the secondary outcomes analyzed in 18 of the 26 participants (denosumab,

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BONE MINERAL DENSITYDENOSUMABDUAL ENERGY X‐RAY ABSORPTIOMETRYIMMOBILIZATION OSTEOPOROSISPERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYSPINAL CORD INJURY

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PMID33134767
PMCPMC7587457
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