Variations in the Dimensions of the Lumbar Vertebral Bodies in Women with Osteoporosis

Veronica Maita Iorga; Mihaela Bizadea; Ionut Iorga

doi:10.2478/arsm-2023-0006

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Variations in the Dimensions of the Lumbar Vertebral Bodies in Women with Osteoporosis

ARS Medica Tomitana

Volume 29 (2023): Issue 1 (February 2023)

By: Veronica Maita Iorga, Mihaela Bizadea and Ionut Iorga

Open Access

|Dec 2023

Abstract

We determined the height of the lumbar vertebral bodies on a number of 116 female patients with osteoporosis, who presented for lumbar pain in the endocrinology and medical rehabilitation outpatient clinic, over a period of 3 years. We observed a gradual increase in the average height only at the level of the fi rst three lumbar vertebrae, after which the average height decreased gradually at the level of the last two lumbar vertebrae.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2023-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1841-4036 | Journal ISSN: 1223-9666

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Language: English

Page range: 31 - 35

Published on: Dec 11, 2023

Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

vertebral bodies,

height,

lumbago,

osteoporosis

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Clinical medicine, other

© 2023 Veronica Maita Iorga, Mihaela Bizadea, Ionut Iorga, published by Ovidius University of Constanta
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 29 (2023): Issue 1 (February 2023)