Rehabilitation and orthopedic management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol

Servicio de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, España.

Published: October 2024

AI Article Synopsis

  • - Osteoporosis is a public health issue that can be tackled with early prevention and health education, making screening and treatment advancements crucial.
  • - The publication emphasizes the role of diet and physical exercise in conservative treatment for osteoporosis while addressing the limitations of exercise, especially in cases of vertebral fractures.
  • - It also discusses the importance of medical and orthopedic management for osteoporosis-related fractures and highlights the various prescriptions for orthoses.

Article Abstract

Osteoporosis represents a public health problem that can be prevented and treated early through health education. Over time, screening techniques, diagnosis and treatments even conservative and surgical, have improved. Through this publication we want to highlight the importance of the medical and orthopedic management of these fractures, describing the benefit of diet and physical exercise as the protagonists of conservative treatment but above all its indications and contraindications, emphasizing the limitations of exercise in a vertebral osteoporotic fracture. The different orthoses prescriptions are also highlighted.

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