Thoracolumbar kyphosis in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients without vertebral compression fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate whether thoracolumbar kyphosis (TLK) of the spine is related to the reduction of bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal osteoporosis women, and whether BMD of postmenopausal osteoporosis women can predict the occurrence of TLK.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included 224 postmenopausal female patients hospitalized for osteoporosis from December 2017 to December 2020, and the control group included 270 postmenopausal female patients hospitalized for thoracolumbar degenerative diseases. The age, body mass index (BMI), visual analogue scale (VAS), and BMD of the lumbar spine [BMD(L)] and femoral neck [BMD(F)] of all patients during admission were recorded. We measured and recorded the Cobb angle of thoracolumbar and the height of the tho

SUBMITTER: Guo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature