Bone Abstracts

Introduction: The loss of muscle mass (MM) is a serious problem which has been demonstrated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. There are few studies about the loss of MM in patients with spondyloarthritis (Spa). In a recent case–control study in our department, the risk of sarcopenia in Spa patients was twice than in a healthy control group.Objective: To assess muscle mass index (MMI) in patients with axial Spa and to search a relation between s...

Introduction: The FRAX algorithm, by evaluating the 10-year risk of hip and major osteoporotic fractures, weights greatly on the clinicians’ decision to treat a patient with an antiosteoporotic drug. The FRAX tool has recently been validated for the Portuguese population.With this work, the authors intended to assess FRAX accuracy when retrospectively performed in patients with hip fracture.Methods: A retrospective cohort stud...