Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Gender Identity Disorder (GID) occurs when a person’s gender identity differs from their biological sex, causing distress. GID presenting in childhood can dissipate at puberty. If it persists, they may progress to physical interventions. This involves the use of a GnRH analogue (GnRHa) for one year followed by cross sex hormones.Methods: As part of the clinical assessments, adolescents had body composition measurements and annual bone de...

Objectives: Gender Dysphoria (GD) occurs when a person’s gender identity differs from their biological sex. GID presenting in childhood can dissipate at puberty. If it persists, physical interventions commence with the use of a GnRH analogues (GnRHa) for one year followed by cross sex hormones.Methods: Adolescents with a diagnosis of GD were reviewed in a national GD clinic at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK. Standardised medical assessments included c...

Objectives: To determine the national prevalence, management and long term outcomes of patients who develop osteonecrosis after initiation of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).Methods: The central trials unit for the leukaemia trial UKALL2003 identified patients with reported bone toxicity out of the 3126 patients recruited into the study. Questionnaires were sent to each relevant treatment centre requesting information about each patient...

Objectives: Cross-sectional studies show that exercise may have positive effects on bone outcomes in youth. However, there is no evidence from longitudinal studies, which type of sports can induce improvements in bone acquisition in adolescent athletes. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the longitudinal differences in bone acquisition and bone metabolism between adolescent males participating in osteogenic (football) and non-osteogenic (swimming, cycling) sports compa...