Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0003pp241 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2014

Peripheral densitometry in the assessment of fracture risk in adults with cerebral palsy

Radosław Gut , Mirosław Jabłoński , Marian Jędrych , Karolina Turżańska

A clinical and densitometric study was performed in the group of 62 adults with cerebral palsy (CP) under institutionalized care in the district of Przemyƛl (Southern Poland), 12 of whom had the history of 15 radiologically confirmed non-phalangeal limb fractures. The study assessed correlation between the prevalence of fractures and age, body mass, locomotor abilities determined by Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), presence of epilepsy, antiepileptic dr...