OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of long-term adalimumab treatment on BMD of the lumbar spine, total hip and hands in patients with RA. METHODS In 184 established RA patients treated with adalimumab for at least 1 year, BMD measurements of the total hip and lumbar spine were performed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Metacarpal cortex BMD was measured using digital X-ray radiogramme...

STUDY DESIGN Consecutive case series cohort. OBJECTIVE To determine the relative frequencies of the spine, the sacroiliac (SI) joint, and the hip joint being the primary pain generator among patients presenting at a spine surgery clinic for low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Identification of the primary pain generator in a patient with LBP is difficult. Possible pain sources i...

In 40 human pedigrees with 563 subjects, we evaluated the contribution of genetic and life-style factors (exercise, smoking, and alcohol consumption) and the interactions between non-genetic factors in determining bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip and spine. In our analysis, we adjusted for age, weight, height, menopausal status in females, life-style factors, and the significant interactio...

It has been suggested that interjoint coordination may serve to reduce joint stress and muscular demand and to maintain balance during dynamic lifting tasks, thus having implications for safe lifting practices. Before recommending the use of an on-body ergonomic aid, the Personal Lift-Assist Device (PLAD), it is important to determine any effects this device may have on interjoint coordination....

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome encountered by no means infrequently in middle-aged and elderly people. It is characterized by pains and stiffness, which are more severe in the morning, are felt to be in the shoulder and hip girdle muscles and often in the spine and are usually associated with fatigue, malaise, anorexia, loss of weight, and depression. The most constant laboratory finding ...

Approximately 6 thousand endoprosthesis surgeries of hip, knee and spine stabilization are annually performed in older patients the Irkutsk region. Patients require a second stage medical rehabilitation — specialized unit. The article presents technology rehabilitation, which is used for this group patients, including assessment prognosis, application physical methods, correction somatic pathol...

introduction: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) and non-hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) are the most common childhood and adolescence malignancy respectively.due to the increasing survival of these children, today late side effects of treatments are important. therapies such as corticosteroids, cytotoxic and radiotherapy effect on bone density and put the child at risk of osteoporosis and pathol...

Quantification of bone mineral density (BMD) is being used as the main method to diagnose osteoporosis. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most common tools for measuring BMD. Compared to DXA, quantitative computed tomography (QCT) can determine in three dimensions the true volumetric BMD (vBMD) at any skeletal site. In addition to the spine, the hip is an important site for axial BM...

BACKGROUND Rehabilitation of elderly patients with sit-to-stand (STS) dysfunction includes retraining coordinated movement among participating body segments. Although trunk position is considered important, spinal movement has not been measured. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the sagittal thoracolumbar kinematics and hip-lumbar interaction during the STS task in elderly peopl...