Search for dissertations about: "Vertebral body fracture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Vertebral body fracture.

2. 1. Vertebral Deformity and Vertebral Fracture in the Elderly

   Author : Ralph Hasserius; Ortopedi - klinisk och molekylär osteoporosforskning; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; orthopaedics; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi; Surgery; Hip fracture; Morbidity; Mortality; Prediction; Non-participants; Prevalence; Osteoporosis; Vertebral deformity; Vertebral fracture;

   Abstract : Osteoporosis is a systemic, skeletal disease with the consequence of an increased risk of sustaining a fracture, one of the most common fractures being a vertebral fracture. The lifetime risk of sustaining a clinically diagnosed vertebral fracture from age 50 years onward is 8% in men and 15% in women. READ MORE

4. 2. The acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. Its natural course and characteristics

   Author : Nobuyuki Suzuki; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Vertebral body fracture; Osteoporosis; Pain; Quality of life; Disability; Compression fracture; Prognosis; Treatment; Prevalent fracture; Epidemiology;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the natural course and the characteristics of the acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture in order to better understand and improve treatment for this type of fracture. Patients and methods: Eligible patients were all patients over 40 years of age who sought medical care at the emergency unit at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (studies I-III) or referred to the X-ray Department at Capio Diagnostic Center (study IV) because of back pain with a radiographically-confirmed acute vertebral body fracture which resulted from a low energy trauma. READ MORE

5. 3. Risk factors for fractures - a link between metabolic bone disease and cardiovascular disease

   Author : Penelope Trimpou; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Risk factors; General population; Physical activity; Sex hormones; Cholesterol; Stroke; Fracture;

   Abstract : Introduction: Fractures and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are a burden to society, as they result in high morbidity and mortality in both men and women. Aim: The aim was to study prospectively modifiable risk factors for fractures in the general population and to possibly identify a link between metabolic bone disease and CVD. READ MORE

6. 4. Long-Term Outcome of Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

   Author : Anders Möller; Ortopedi - klinisk och molekylär osteoporosforskning; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; Schmorl s nodes; Thoracic; Disc degeneration; Adolescents; Children; Lumbar; Burst fractures; Non-operative; Long-term outcome; Vertebral fractures;

   Abstract : From the radiographic archives at the Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, we identified children below age 16 years (n=74) and adolescents between 16 to 18 years (n=40) with a clinically and radiographically diagnosed thoracic or lumbar vertebral fracture between 1950 to 1971 (with exception of two years of missing radiographs), and all adults above age 18 years (n=39) with a non-operatively treated thoracic or lumbar burst fracture during the years 1965 to 1973. Fractures were classified according to Denis. READ MORE

7. 5. Effects of high load on the growing spine. Experimental studies anda long-term follow-up of top athletes

   Author : Olof Lundin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Athletes; adolescence; back pain; compression load; disc degeneration; intervertebral disc; radiography; spine; porcine spine; nucleus pulposus; vertebral endplate;

   Abstract : A high prevalence of radiological abnormalities of the spine has been reported in some physically demanding sports. The significance and aetiology of these radiological abnormalities are still a matter of controversy and the long-term effects are not known. READ MORE