Publications by authors named "G Lyritis"
Article Synopsis
- - Antiresorptive medications for osteoporosis do not negatively impact the healing of fractures in humans, and teriparatide may actually help shorten healing time.
- - The fracture healing process involves multiple steps, with imaging and clinical evaluations being crucial for assessing progress, and there is no need to stop osteoporosis treatment when a fracture occurs.
- - Despite animal studies showing some benefits of romosozumab on healing, clinical evidence in humans does not support these findings, indicating that its effectiveness may be limited.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire that can reliably recognize Greek individuals over the age of 60 with increased risk of falls.
Methods: An 11-item self-reported Questionnaire (LRMS) was developed and delivered to 200 individuals. Collected data were compared to Timed Up and Go (TUG), Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), Tinetti Assessment Tool, Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) and Morse fall scale.
Change in kyphosis does not affect the risk of falling in postmenopausal osteopenic and osteoporotic women.
J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact
March 2021
Objectives: To examine the influence of the annual change in kyphosis on the risk of falling in postmenopausal osteopenic and osteoporotic women.
Methods: This prospective observational study included 498 postmenopausal Greek women over the age of 50, suffering from either osteoporosis or osteopenia. Data on age, height, weight, and self-reported falls were collected.
Bone metabolism subgroups identified as hip fracture patients via clustering.
Hormones (Athens)
September 2021
Purpose: The aim of the study was to describe the bone metabolism status that underlies a hip fracture.
Methods: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (e-GFR), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), total (ALP) and bone specific alkaline phosphatase (b-ALP), intact parathyroid hormone (i-PTH), 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD), total procollagen type I amino-terminal propeptide (PINP), and N-terminal peptide of collagen I (NTx), measured at admission in 272 hip fracture patients, were ex post analyzed by K-means clustering and principal component analysis and were evaluated by a clinician.
Results: Four components, mainly consisting of b-ALP, PINP, ALP, and NTx; e-GFR and P; i-PTH and 25OHD; and Ca explained about 70% of the variability.