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Use of the SARC-F Score as an Aid in Fragility Fractures Prevention
- Source :
- Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, Vol 58, Iss 1, Pp 157-163 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda., 2023.
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 19824378
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.99a63e1826484bb6954015441b0957d0
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1756328