Osteoporosis in Older Persons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Duque, Gustavo (Editor), Kiel, Douglas P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Geriatrics.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

Osteoporosis in Older Persons - Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approach has the most up-to-date information about the pathophysiology and new therapeutic alternatives. Until recently most effort concerning osteoporosis research was directed mainly at the mechanisms of a type of osteoporosis known a...

Table of Contents:

• Biology of Bone
• Aging and Bone
• Calciotropic Hormones
• Sex Steroids and Aging Bone
• Animal Models for Senile Osteoporosis
• Senile Osteoporosis as a Geriatric Syndrome
• Genetics of Osteoporosis in Older Age
• Fracture Epidemiology Among Individuals 75+
• Falls as a Geriatric Syndrome: How to Prevent Them? How to Treat Them?
• Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Falls and Fractures
• Medical Treatment of Age-Related Osteoporosis: Present and Future
• Treatment of Osteoporosis in Long-Term Care
• Fracture Care in the Elderly.