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Recovery of physical activity levels in adolescents after lower limb fractures: a longitudinal, accelerometry-based activity monitor study

Published inBMC musculoskeletal disorders, vol. 13, 131
Publication date2012
Abstract

In adolescents, loss of bone mineral mass usually occurs during phases of reduced physical activity (PA), such as when an injured extremity spends several weeks in a cast. We recorded the PA of adolescents with lower limb fractures during the cast immobilization, at 6 and at 18 months after the fracture, and we compared these values with those of healthy controls.

Keywords
  • Actigraphy/methods
  • Adolescent
  • Bone Density
  • Bone Diseases, Metabolic/etiology/physiopathology
  • Bone Remodeling/physiology
  • Casts, Surgical
  • Early Ambulation
  • Female
  • Fracture Fixation
  • Fracture Healing/physiology
  • Fractures, Bone/complications/physiopathology/rehabilitation
  • Humans
  • Leg Injuries/complications/physiopathology
  • Male
  • Motor Activity
  • Recovery of Function
  • Time Factors
  • Weight-Bearing
Citation (ISO format)
CERONI, Dimitri et al. Recovery of physical activity levels in adolescents after lower limb fractures: a longitudinal, accelerometry-based activity monitor study. In: BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2012, vol. 13, p. 131. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-131
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