Site-Specific Volumetric Skeletal Changes in Women with a Distal Forearm Fracture.

Axel Wihlborg, Karin Bergström, Ingrid Bergström, Paul Gerdhem

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Site-specific volumetric skeletal changes in women with and without a distal forearm fracture: a case-control study with a mean 7-year follow-up.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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Axel WihlborgDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Orthopedics, K54, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-9655

Karin BergströmKarolinska Institutet, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.

Ingrid BergströmDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.

Paul GerdhemDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Orthopedics, K54, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-7163

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Abstract

purposeTo assess site-specific volumetric bone and muscle changes, as well as demographic and biochemical changes, in postmenopausal women with a low-energy distal forearm fracture.

methodsIn a cross-sectional case-control study, postmenopausal women with a distal forearm fracture were compared with age- and gender-matched controls. In total, 203 postmenopausal women (104 cases and 99 controls), with a mean age of 65 years, were included. Measurements included peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as well as blood sampling and questionnaires.

resultsForearm trabecular volumetric BMD and total BMD assessed with pQCT were significantly lower in fracture cases compared to controls (

conclusionA distal forearm fracture was associated with site-specific and central bone changes. Postmenopausal women with fracture had a larger bone area in combination with a thinner cortex and lower site-specific total BMD. In addition, women with fracture had a higher activity level, an increased occurrence of previous fall accidents, and a high prevalence of vertebral fractures. Forearm muscle composition, PTH, and 25OHD were not associated with forearm fracture. Fracture preventive measures following a low-energy distal forearm fracture seem beneficial.

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PMID34631005

DOI10.1155/2021/1578543

PMCPMC8497164

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