vertebral fracture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvertebralandfracture
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vertebral
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.brəl/us/ˈvɝːt̬ə.brəl/
relating to the vertebra ...
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fracture
noun[C]
uk/ˈfræk.tʃər/us/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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(Definition ofvertebralandfracturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The utility loss the second and following years after a clinicalvertebralfracturewas set to 0.05 (36).
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Exercise can in any case help to maintain function and can provide palliative benefits, particularly forvertebralfracturepatients.
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In the absence of data for males, it was assumed thatvertebralfracturerates for males were half that of females (28).
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Thirty percent of the observed excess mortality after a hip orvertebralfracturewas assumed to be associated with the fracture event.
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The model consists of the following disease states: coronary heart disease, stroke, venous thromboembolic events, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, hip fracture,vertebralfracture, and wrist fracture.
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Women who are at risk ofvertebralfractureoften cannot tolerate the side effects caused by biophosphonates or cope with complex treatment regimes.
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Prevalence rates were higher in women than men - possibly due to a higher prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (discussed below).
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Can strong back extensors prevent vertebral fractures in women with osteoporosis?
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Primary end-points were new radiographic vertebral fractures and bone mineral density.
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The number of vertebral fractures showed a decrease when compared with placebo-treated patients.
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Patients with hip fractures and clinical vertebral fractures have a higher mortality compared with the normal population (5;6;11;21;28;35).
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Approximately 270 women with osteopenia might need to be treated with drugs for three years so that one of them could avoid a singlevertebralfracture.
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The specialist nurses have been unable to prescribe opiate patches for patients with severe osteoarthritis and vertebral fractures secondary to osteoporosis.
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Incidence data on vertebral fractures pose a particular challenge in that the majority of these fractures are underreported (28).
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The low proportion of vertebral fractures emphasizes that this condition rarely leads to admission to an acute unit, so that the size of the problem is usually underemphasized.
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Each year in this country, there are about 60,000 hip, 50,000 wrist and 40,000 vertebral fractures which are due to osteoporosis.
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The inference is that there is no evidence that the treatment can be used effectively to prevent hip fractures, which are, by implication, more important than vertebral fractures.
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To prevent one or more new vertebral fractures, 48 women had to be treated for a median of 18 months for the total population.
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