Open-label clinical trial of alendronate after teriparatide therapy in people with spinal cord injury and low bone mineral density.

Study Design: Non-randomized open-label clinical trial of oral alendronate after teriparatide therapy in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and low bone mineral density (BMD).

Objectives: To determine if alendronate would prevent bone loss after discontinuation of teriparatide.

Setting: Outpatient research clinic at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Self-Managing Postoperative Pain with the Use of a Novel, Interactive Device: A Proof of Concept Study.

Background. Pain is commonly experienced following surgical procedures. Suboptimal management is multifactorial.

Predictors of size for gestational age in St. Louis City and County.

Objective: To identify social, behavioral, and physiological risk factors associated with small for gestational age (SGA) by gestational age category in St. Louis City and County.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using birth certificate and fetal death records from 2000 to 2009 (n = 142,017).