Медицинский совет (Aug 2019)

Fall risk factors as predictors of osteoporotic fractures in people with diabetes mellitus

  • E. S. Mazurenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21518/2079-701X-2019-4-104-107
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 4
pp. 104 – 107

Abstract

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In modern society, the problem of osteoporosis and diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most relevant one and covers the majority of the world's elderly population. One of the severe consequences of this pathology is a fracture that occurs when falling from a height of one's own growth or spontaneously. Due to growing comorbidity, elderly people with diabetes have an additional range of potential risk factors for falls. In this review, we will consider the impact of risk factors for DM-related falls in the context of osteoporotic fractures.

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