Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture
Fig. 14.1 Hip fracture is an important clinical entity. Schematic presentation © Dionyssiotis 2015 (for detailed explanation see text) Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture A Comprehensive Approach in the Fall Clinics…
Bone and Fall-Related Fracture Risk
Fig. 13.1 Risk factors for a fracture The risk of falling increases with the number of prevalent risk factors and with a history of previous falls. An important point is…
Effect of Mechanical Loading on Cells: An Update
Fig. 2.1 Schematic of sensors, signaling pathways, and responses involved in osteocyte mechanobiology. Much of the current state of knowledge regarding osteocyte mechanobiology is represented in the schematic, although details…
Application of Electrical Modalities on Muscle Stimulation
Fig. 11.1 WB-EMS equipment (Miha bodytec, Gersthofen, Germany) From the multitude of possible compositions of the current parameters (impulse type, frequency, duration, width, and rise), we applied a similar protocol…
Parallels Between Skeletal Muscle and Bone Aging
Fig. 4.1 Myocytes and osteoblasts differentiate from common mesenchymal progenitor cells Osteoblasts arise from an osteo-chondroprogenitor cell that resides in bone marrow and periosteum [35]. The transcription factors, Runx2 and…
The Role of Orthotics in Osteoporosis
Authors, publication, Year, country, setting Study design/Randomization Population characteristics Intervention Outcomes Main conclusions 1. Orthoses for rehabilitation of acute vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis Li et al., 2014, Hongkong, inpatients…
