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Association between osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis in women: a cross-sec...
Sarkis,Karin Sedó; Salvador,Mariana Barbieri; Pinheiro,Marcelo Medeiros; Silva,Raissa Gomes; Zerbini,Cristiano Augusto; Martini,Lígia AraújoCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Osteoporosis has frequently been observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The present study was undertaken in order to evaluate factors associated with osteoporosis among women with rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study, carried out in a public hospital in São Paulo. METHODS: The participants were 83 women with rheumatoid arthritis (53.7 ± 10.0 years old)...
Sarcopenia associada ao envelhecimento: aspectos etiológicos e opções terapêuticas
Silva,Tatiana Alves de Araujo; Frisoli Junior,Alberto; Pinheiro,Marcelo Medeiros; Szejnfeld,Vera LúciaA prevalência de incapacidade e dependência funcional é maior em idosos e está intimamente associada à redução da massa muscular, que ocorre, até mesmo, em indivíduos saudáveis. A sarcopenia parece decorrer da interação complexa de distúrbios da inervação, diminuição de hormônios, aumento de mediadores inflamatórios e alterações da ingestão protéico-calórica que ocorrem durante o envelhecimento. A perda de mass...
Lifestyle changes after osteoporotic fractures in elderly women
Pinheiro,Marcelo Medeiros; Castro,Charles Heldan de Moura; Frisoli Júnior,Alberto; Szejnfeld,Vera LúciaOBJECTIVE: health promotion and disease prevention activities directed to osteoporosis might help to reduce the rate of osteoporotic fractures among elderly people. METHODS: in order to check whether osteoporotic women modify their habits after the fracture, 518 postmenopausal white Brazilian elderly women were recruited from the outpatient clinic of the Rheumatology Division (122 of them with fracture) and wer...