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2711822

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
The content of bone mineral (BMC), lean tissue, and fat tissue were measured by single and dual photon absorptiometry in both the paretic and the non-paretic limbs of 15 patients, hemiplegic due to cerebrovascular accident 23-38 weeks earlier. Compared with the non-paretic arm, the paretic arm had approximately 10% lower (P less than 0.01) BMC. This difference was largest at the measuring site with the highest ratio of trabecular to compact bone. The paretic leg had a 4% (P less than 0.001) lower BMC than the non-paretic leg. For both the arms and the legs, the lean content was lower (P less than 0.05) and the fat content higher (P less than 0.01) in the paretic than in the non-paretic. This was relatively more pronounced in the arms than in the legs. We conclude that partial immobilization, owing to paresis after a cerebrovascular accident, results in characteristic changes in the affected limbs, with a marked decrease in the content of bone and lean tissue and a pronounced increase in fatty tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0001-6314
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of hemiplegia on bone mass and soft tissue body composition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article