Most Common Diseases of elder: The Clinical Trials and Studies of Musculo-Skeletal disorders: Osteoporosis - The Symptoms

Kyle J. Norton (Scholar)

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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are  medical condition mostly caused by work related occupations and working environment, affecting patients’ muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and nerves and developing over time. According to a community sample of 73 females and 32 males aged 85 and over underwent a standardised examination at home, musculoskeletal pain was reported by 57% of those interviewed(1).

      Types of Musculo-Skeletal disorders in elder(2)

1. Osteoarthritis
2. Gout
3. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4. Polymalagia Arthritis
5. Cervical myleopathy and spinal canal stenosis
6. Osteoporosis
7. Low back pain
8. Fibromyalgia

                                Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is defined as a condition of thinning of bone and bone tissues as a result of the loss of bone density over a long period of time. It is a widespread degenerative disease of skeletal joints and often associated with senescence in vertebrates due to excessive or abnormal mechanical loading of weight-bearing joints, arising from heavy long-term use or specific injuries(6).

                                                  The symptoms 

1. Lower back pain, as a result of fractured or collapsed vertebra
People with Osteoporosis are susceptible to lower back pain in patient with osteoporosis than those without, according to a cross-sectional study, conducted from October 2002 to March 2003 to gather data from 24,435 adults aged 20 years and older selected randomly from Taiwan’s general population(34). Vertebral fractures(35) and collapsed vertebra(36) in many cases is found to be associated to lower back pain as well as loss of height(35) The Osteoporosis rate of frequent low back pain is higher in women in comparison to those of male(37).

2. Loss of height over time(38)
Vertebral fracture cause of spinal core damage is associated to significant height loss in patients with osteoporosis(35), according to a study of 231 men and women over the age of 65 underwent DXA scan of their spine and hip (38). Osteoporosis patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are found to associate to excessive height loss(39).

3. A stooped posture
Postural deformity of patients with osteoporosis is associated to contributed risk factor for postural instability and falls(40)(41). Spinal curvature on postural instability in patients with osteoporosis may influence lumbar kyphosis (lower back curvature) in spinal inclination and a risk of fall(42).

4. Easy bone fracture
Easy bone fracture may be results of a gradual loss of bone density(43)(44). Intravenous infusion of zoledronic acid (5 mg) at 12 months, found that Zoledronic acid treatment was associated with a significantly reduced risk of vertebral fracture(fractures in the spine, hip and wrist), among men with osteoporosis(45). The treatment was also found to be effective in prevention of osteoporotic bone fractures in postmenopausal women(46)(47).

5. Neck and low back pain
Neck and low back pain, frequent in female are prevalent and highly associated in patients with headache and osteoporosis(48)(49), according to 1-year prevalence of neck pain and low back pain in the Spanish population(48).

6.  Depression
Spine bone mineral density(BMD) was negative correlations between anxiety, stress, but depression was found to have a unique significant contribution to the explained variance in right and left hip BMD, according to Bar Ilan University(50). In a population-based retrospective cohort study, researchers at the China Medical University Hospital showed that risk of osteoporosis increase in patients with depression:(51).

7.  Other symptoms
Women with osteoporosis re more likely to experience certain psychosomatic(52)(53), gastrointestinal(52) and swelling(52) and vasomotor symptoms(52), especially depressive symptom if compared to women in generally good health(52)(53).

According to the joint study by University of Porto Medical School and Universidade Nova de Lisboa, knee and hip in patient with osteoarthritis features: differences on pain, function can totally effect the quality of life(54).

8. Etc.

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