Loss of bone mineral density in hemiplegic patients after stroke: Prospective single-center study

P Potin; Y Degboé; G Couture; P Marque; X De Boissezon; M Laroche

doi:10.1016/j.neurol.2022.01.012

Loss of bone mineral density in hemiplegic patients after stroke: Prospective single-center study

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2022 Oct;178(8):808-811. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2022.01.012. Epub 2022 May 20.

Authors

P Potin¹, Y Degboé¹, G Couture¹, P Marque², X De Boissezon², M Laroche³

Affiliations

¹ Centre de rhumatologie, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
² Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
³ Centre de rhumatologie, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. Electronic address: laroche.m@chu-toulouse.fr.

PMID: 35599071
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2022.01.012

Abstract

The aim of our prospective single-center study was to assess the loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in the year following stroke with hemiplegia. We evaluated functional disability and bone mineral density (BMD) in 18 patients immediately following and at 1 year of stroke with hemiplegia. The most significant variation in BMD concerns the femoral neck on the hemiplegic side: -0.0551±0.0548g/cm²: -6.85%. This loss is correlated with the functional motor score (Fugl-Meyer Assessment) (r=0.7573; P=0.0004). During follow-up, 11/18 patients fell and 2/18 had a fracture.

Keywords: Hemiplegia; Osteoporosis; Stroke.

MeSH terms

Bone Density*
Hemiplegia / etiology
Humans
Prospective Studies
Stroke* / complications