Chronic effects of stroke on hip bone density and tibial morphology: a longitudinal study.

Freddy Man Hin LamM BuiF Z H YangM Y C Pang

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2015)

There is evidence of continuous trabecular bone loss in the paretic tibial distal epiphysis among chronic stroke patients, but it tends to plateau after 2 years of stroke onset. The steady state may have been reached earlier in the hip and tibial diaphysis.

Keyphrases

bone loss
total knee arthroplasty
atrial fibrillation
bone mineral density
total hip arthroplasty
soft tissue
brain injury