The Natural History of Injury-Related Disuse Osteopenia
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Brief summary
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Determine the severity and time course (natural history) of disuse osteopenia that occurs in the lower extremity(ies) and lumbar spine of patients sustaining lower extremity injuries that require the patient to maintain restricted weight bearing status (12 weeks) following the surgical fixation of the patient's injuries. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a significant decrease in the bone mineral density in the lower limbs of patients undergoing restricted weight bearing for peri-articular injuries of the lower extremity. This loss of bone mineral density is often prolonged in its duration and may lower subsequent fracture threshold and prolong the time to recovery and return to activities.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03868085
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 51 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- May 30, 2017
- Primary completion
- Nov 3, 2020
- Completion
- Dec 9, 2020
- Last update posted
- Feb 27, 2023
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton S. Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 27, 2023 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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