Citation

Hadjimichael AC. J. Frailty Sarcopenia Falls 2018; 3(1): 8-12.

Affiliation

Orthopaedic Department, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Hylonome Publications)

DOI

10.22540/JFSF-03-008

PMID

32300689

PMCID

PMC7155350

Abstract

In clinical practice, hip fracture is a very common reason for hospital admission in the elderly. Most subjects over the age of 65 years, experience an injury at the hip mostly after a fall. Many elderly persons suffer from osteoporosis, which is characterised by loss of bone mass and deterioration of bone microarchitecture thus increasing the susceptibility to fracture. Osteoporosis is defined by WHO as a Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of 2.5 standard deviations (SD) below that of a young adult as assessed by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). It has been shown that some patients with a hip fracture have either normal or "osteopenic" hips as defined by DXA (-2.5
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Language: en

Keywords

Bone Mineral Density; Falls; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis