Prevalence of osteoporosis in spinal cord injury

 

 

Abstract              Background: Osteoporosis is a chronic metabolic bone disease-related to various factors including menopause, old age, less physical activities, prolonged bedridden patients, spinal cord injuries etc. About 200 million people had been affected worldwide due to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis has affected nearly 50 million Indians. Numerous clinical series have reported a high incidence ranging from 1 to 34%of lower extremities fractures in spinal cord injuries. The pathogenesis of osteoporosis after SCI remains complex and perplexing. Disuse may play an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, but neural factors also appear to be important. Our aim of study to measure the prevalence of osteoporosis in SCI patients who attended outpatient clinic in government institute of rehabilitation medicine during June 2019.

Key Word: osteoporosis, spinal cord injury.