Measurable Roentgenologic Changes in Some Peripheral Bones in Senile Osteoporosis*

Meema, H. E.; Meema, S

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1963.tb02689.x

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“…Thus it seems apparent that handedness did not play a role in selective cortical atrophy. We inspected our data to determine the distribution of humeral measurements showing a combined cortical thickness below 6 mm and above 7 mm since, according to the criteria of Meema and Meema,8 these are the values which denote the presence or absence of osteoporosis. Figure 2 illustrates that values below 6 mm, indicating frank osteoporosis, occurred in 19 instances, values above 7 mm occurred in 23 instances, and eight humeral bones had a CCT between 6 and 7 mm.…”

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“…18 The method of combined cortical thickness measurements 8 ' 10 (hereafter referred to as CCT) commended itself to us by its simplicity and ready availability as compared with the more time-consuming and costly densitometry techniques which require relatively sophisticated apparatus and personnel. This method is apparently of sufficient reliability when applied to the study of long-term patients.…”

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Osteoporosis in Hemiplegia

Panin

Gorday

Paul

1971

Stroke

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Abstract:Osteoporosis in Hemiplegia • Localized osteoporosis in 25 long-term stroke patients was evaluated by means of measuring the combined cortical thickness in the humerus, radius and third metacarpal bones of both involved and noninvolved upper extremities. The combined cortical thickness was found to be consistently smaller on the involved side. Since the factors of weight bearing and calcium homeostasis were eliminated or controlled in this study, the authors were able to focus on the role of muscle pull as manifested by voluntary muscle function and spasticity in relation to the degree of cortical thinning. A smaller degree of cortical thinning was associated with better voluntary muscle function, but the relationship of spasticity to preservation of cortical thickness was not clear cut. The applicability of these techniques to the study of factors affecting localized osteoporosis is discussed. ADDITIONAL KEY WORDS cerebral infarctioncombined cortical thickness hemiparesis physical therapy• Considering the rapidly growing population of elderly individuals, the osteoporotic process takes on increasing significance for the clinician. The decreased bone density and increased fragility associated with osteoporosis leads to a corresponding increase in the incidence of fractures, skeletal pain and interference with mobility. These sequelae have obvious psychological, sociological and economical implications.Difficulty in dealing with this problem prophylactically or therapeutically arises because (1) the etiological factors and their interrelationship are not clearly understood, and (2) simple, readily accessible and universally applicable techniques of assessment are not available or widely known. Osteoporosis has been described as a decrease in a total

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Osteoporosis in Hemiplegia

Panin

Gorday

Paul

1971

Stroke

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“…Therefore, there is no need to additionally expose subjects to x-ray. Use of radiograph for assessing thickness of cortical bone has previously reported by several investi gators (Barnett and Nordin 1960;Meema and Meema 1963). Nordin and Smith (1965) were first to suggest the usefulness of the clavicle for assessing bone loss by radiograph.…”

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Changes in cortical thickness of the clavicle and serum bone gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing protein in the elderly in an island community in western Japan.

Aoyagi

Takemoto

Moji

1988

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…More useful were the semiquantitative evaluations of cortical thicknesses; favorite measuring sites have been the metacarpals (Barnett and Nordin 1960), the proximal end of the radius (Meema and Meema 1963), and the shaft of the femur (Gam et al 1963). A more difficult, but still useful, measuring site is the femoral-neck cortex at the level of the calcar femorale (Fredensborg and Nilsson 1977).…”

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