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

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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Main Authors:	Rezende,Rodrigo, Cardoso,Igor Machado, Leonel,Rayana Bomfim, Perim,Larissa Grobério Lopes, Oliveira,Tarcísio Guimarães Silva, Jacob Júnior,Charbel, Batista Júnior,José Lucas, Lourenço,Rafael Burgomeister
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000100068
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