A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health A Guide for the Primary Care Provider /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pitts, Sarah (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gordon, Catherine M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Rheumatology.; General practice (Medicine).; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This comprehensive book thoroughly covers bone health in the adolescent, offering evidence-based guidance for clinical care in the primary care setting, and includes aspects of endocrinology, nutrition, radiology, sports medicine, and rehabilitation. A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health be...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Optimizing Bone Mass Accrual in Healthy Adolescents
• 2. Normal Bone Physiology 101
• 3. Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Adolescent Bone Health
• 4. Physical activity to promote bone health in adolescents
• 5. The Bone Health History and Physical Examination in Adolescents
• 6. Bone Health Laboratory Assessments
• 7. Imaging to Evaluate Bone Health
• 8. Bone Health in Adolescents with Multiple Fractures
• 9. Bone Health in Adolescents with Eating Disorders
• 10. Bone Health of Adolescent Athletes
• 11. Bone Health in Adolescents with Chronic Disease
• 12. Bone Health in Immobile Adolescents
• 13. Treatment of Adolescent osteoporosis
• 14. Conclusion: A Clinical Bone Perspective.