1. Use of the SARC-F Score as an Aid in Fragility Fractures Prevention
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Carlos Augusto Nunes Martini, Carolina Souza Weigert, Anderson Carlos Bigolin Stiegemaier, Ana Paula Ribeiro Bonilauri Ferreira, Ellen Liceras Gonçalves, and Sandro Fortes Valle
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risk factors ,osteoporotic fractures ,osteogenesis imperfecta ,osteoporosis ,sarcopenia ,Medicine ,Orthopedic surgery ,RD701-811 - Abstract
Abstract Objective The present study aimed to relate the strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs, and falls (SARC-F) score with the presence or absence of fragility fracture in the population over 60 years of age. Methods The risk of sarcopenia was determined through the application of the SARC-F questionnaire, and the patients were divided into 2 groups, according to the occurrence or not of fragility fracture (n = 100). Results Thirty-two cases of distal radius fractures and eighteen cases of proximal femur fractures were identified. A higher score on the SARC-F is determinant between having or not a fragility fracture, estimating that for each point in the score there is a 70% increase in the chance of a patient having a fracture, regardless of age, gender, and body mass index (BMI). Conclusion There was a direct correlation between a higher score on the SARC-F and an increase in the chance of fragility fracture.
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- 2023
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