Unit:
ΠΜΣ Μεταβολικά Νοσήματα των ΟστώνLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Paraskevas Polychronis
Supervisors info:
Λυρίτης Γεώργιος, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Δοντά Ισμήνη-Νίκη, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Τριανταφυλλόπουλος Ιωάννης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Παράγοντες κινδύνου για οστεοπορωτικά κατάγματα σε ασθενείς με αγγειακό εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο
Translated title:
Risk factors for osteoporotic fractures in patients with stroke
Summary:
Osteoporosis with its complications is a well-known consequence of stroke. Osteoporosis and stroke share common risk factors, which are distinguished in non modificable and modificable. Non-modificable risk factors, which action can not be changed, is age, gender and race. Modificable factors which we can intervene include sedentary lifestyle, obesity, diabetes, alcohol and tobacco use, various drugs, dietary factors and various diseases. In this study we will extensively refer to each agent separately and how it affects the risk of osteoporosis and stroke.
Ιt is important to mention that stroke is an independent risk factor for osteoporotic fractures. Possible causes of post-stroke osteoporosis include paresis, impaired mobility and reduced bone load, endocrine factors (eg vitamin D deficiency), dietary and pharmaceutical factors. Finally, the result of strokes is frequent falls, which increase greatly the risk of fracture and whose prevention is vital for the patient, the caregivers, and society.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Osteoporosis, Stroke, Risk factors, Fractures, Falls
Number of references:
190
