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- Title
Changes in bone mass and bone turnover following tibial shaft fracture.
- Authors
Veitch, S W; Findlay, S C; Hamer, A J; Blumsohn, A; Eastell, Richard; Ingle, B M
- Abstract
Bone loss occurs in the regional bone following tibial shaft fracture. An earlier cross-sectional study showed that measurements made at the metaphyseal region of the tibia using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and the ultradistal region of the tibia using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were the most responsive at monitoring this bone loss. Biochemical markers of bone turnover enable us to assess the activity of bone formation and resorption during fracture healing. The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine the pattern and distribution of bone loss and bone turnover following a tibial shaft fracture treated with either plaster cast or intramedullary nail.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2006, Vol 17, Issue 3, p364
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-005-2025-y