New Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with osteoporosis and one or a few new vertebral fractures followinging the 1st thoracic vertebra
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Traumatic injury Having undergone surgical treatment Fractures that necessitated surgery for neurologic complications or vertebral instability (due to crushed fractures and/or posterior wall injury) Pathological fractures (due to purulent spondylitis, spinal tumors) Patients using steroids Dialysis patients being bedridden dementia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Back pain(at admission, 14-day from admission, at discharge) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| age sex body height body weight Body mass index Level of the fractured vertebral body Collapse ratio of fractured vertebrae(Quantitative measurement method)(at admission and discharge) Local kyphotic angle(at admission and discharge) Bone density Walking ability (locomotion of Functional Independence Measure)(at pre-injury, admission, and discharge) Period from injury to hospitalization Length of hospital stay Presence of the old vertebral fractures | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital Spine Care Spine