Conference paper

Compression vertebral fracture in osteoporosis - prevention and treatment

Tonko Vlak ; Department for Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Vertebral fractures are the earliest and most common osteoporotic fractures. Usually vertebral fractures are associated with following clinical symptoms: back pain, posture change, loss of height, functional impairment, disability and decreasing quality of life. After 3 years of treatment raloxifene reduced the risk of first vertebral fracture by 55%. The fracture risk within one year was reduced by as much as 68%. The continued observation proved its sustained efficacy in further reduction of the fracture risk by 50% in the fourth year.

Keywords

osteoporosis; vertebral fractures; raloxifene

Hrčak ID:

125985

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125985

Publication date:

15.10.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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