Open AccessLongitudinal study of body composition in spinal cord injury patients
Author(s) -
Roop Singh,
Rajesh Rohilla,
Gaurav Saini,
Kiranpreet Kaur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.128760
Subject(s) - medicine , lean body mass , trunk , spinal cord injury , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , fat mass , composition (language) , bone mineral content , longitudinal study , spinal cord , muscle mass , bone mineral , body weight , osteoporosis , pathology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , biology
Bone mass loss and muscle atrophy are the frequent complications occurring after spinal cord injury (SCI). The potential risks involved with these changes in the body composition have implications for the health of the SCI individual. Thus, there is a need to quantitate and monitor body composition changes accurately in an individual with SCI. Very few longitudinal studies have been reported in the literature to assess body composition and most include relatively small number of patients. The present prospective study aimed to evaluate the body composition changes longitudinally by DEXA in patients with acute SCI.