Low bone mass in patients with motor disability: prevalence and risk factors in 59 Finnish children.

Aim: Children with motor disabilities are at increased risk of compromised bone health. This study evaluated prevalence and risk factors of low bone mass and fractures in these children.

Method: This cross-sectional cohort study evaluated bone health in 59 children (38 males, 21 females; median age 10 y 11 mo) with motor disability (Gross Motor Function Classification System levels II-V).

Ethically problematic treatment decisions in different medical specialties.

Background: Ethical dilemmas are an integral part of medicine. Whether physicians actually feel that they have made ethically problematic treatment decisions or choices in their work is largely unknown. Identifying physicians with ethical problems, and the types of problems and underlying factors, might benefit organisational and educational efforts to help physicians solve ethical dilemmas in a constructive way.

Spine after solid organ transplantation in childhood: a clinical, radiographic, and magnetic resonance imaging analysis of 40 patients.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study of the spine in 40 young adults after solid organ transplantation in childhood.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of organ transplantation and long-term immunosuppressive treatment on growing spine using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Summary Of Background Data: A review of the current literature reveals no systematic evaluation of the spine after transplantation in childhood.

Snuff use and smoking in Finnish olympic athletes.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of smoking and snuff use in Finnish elite athletes. Of all the athletes (n = 494) financially supported by the National Olympic Committee, 446 completed a structured questionnaire (response rate 90.3 %) in 2002.

Self-reported attitudes of elite athletes towards doping: differences between type of sport.

Although athletes' beliefs and values are known to influence whether or not an athlete will use banned drugs, little is known about the athletes' beliefs and attitudes in different sports. The aim of this study was to clarify the beliefs and attitudes of elite athletes towards banned substances and methods in sports. A total of 446 athletes (response rate 90.