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Estudo da densidade mineral óssea em crianças e adolescentes com paralisia cerebral
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Silva, Simone Rizzo Nique Da |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | The risk of fractures associated with low bone-mineral density (BMD) has been the subject of study in different pediatric populations. In Cerebral Palsy (CP), immobility, nutritional deficiencies and chronic use of anti-convulsants appear to justify inadequate acquisition of bone mass during childhood and, consequently, an increased risk of fractures. The purpose of the study was to assess BMD and the factors that could be related to the development of osteoporosis in children with spastic CP. For this purpose, the clinical and nutritional history were investigated, the anthropometric data and BMD were assessed using DEXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) of 42 children (28 boys and 24 girls aged 5 to 18.8 years. BMD was reduced in 78.6% of the sample and the risk of fractures related to 54.7%. Absence of ambulation was the factor most highly associated to low BMD in this sample (p=0.005), followed by nutritional involvement. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/handle/10183/4674/000458676.pdf?sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
