NIH R01 · 2024
Prevention of Fractures in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have a very high risk of fracture: about 2 to 3-fold increased risk of all fractures and 4-fold increased risk of hip fracture that may be due in large part to their very high risk of multiple falls. Compared with other patients who suffer fractures, PD patients have more severe consequences of fractures: they have twice the risk of dying following hip and pelvic fractures and longer and incomplete functional recovery, with worsening of Parkinson's disease. Crucially, men and women age 65 or older have a fracture risk that is so high, that even those with normal bone density (BMD) for age would warrant a therapy that has been proven to reduce fracture…
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