Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (Feb 2015)

Bone mineral density evaluation among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy

  • Rodrigo Rezende,
  • Igor Machado Cardoso,
  • Rayana Bomfim Leonel,
  • Larissa Grobério Lopes Perim,
  • Tarcísio Guimarães Silva Oliveira,
  • Charbel Jacob Júnior,
  • José Lucas Batista Júnior,
  • Rafael Burgomeister Lourenço

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.12.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 1
pp. 68 – 71

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mineral density among patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy.METHODS: This was a descriptive prospective study in which both bone densitometric and anthropometric data were evaluated. The inclusion criteria used were that the patients should present quadriplegic cerebral palsy, be confined to a wheelchair, be between 10 and 20 years of age and present neuromuscular scoliosis.RESULTS: We evaluated 31 patients (20 females) with a mean age of 14.2 years. Their mean biceps circumference, calf circumference and body mass index were 19.4 cm, 18.6 cm and 16.9 kg/m2, respectively. The mean standard deviation from bone densitometry was -3.2 (z-score), which characterizes osteoporosis.CONCLUSION: There is high incidence of osteoporosis in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to quadriplegic cerebral palsy.

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