Pre-sarcopenia (low muscle mass) differentiates women with low bone mass (BM) and osteoporotic fractures from those with low BM and no fractures.

MAUTALEN C ; MASTAGLIA S ; BAGUR A; OLIVERI B

Boston

Conferencia; International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR); 2015

Background: Sarcopenia and Bone fractures: According with several studies ~ 64% of women and 95% of men with hip fractures had sarcopenia (1,2). Also 23% of patients with one vertebral and 44% of those with two or more vertebral fractures had sarcopenia (3).Hypothesis: Do patients with osteopenia/osteoporosis (by BMD T-score) are at a higher risk to suffer an osteoporotic fracture if there muscular mass (MM) is low or are in the pre-sarcopenia status? Herewith we present a retrospective study suggesting that a low MM might be an important risk factor to suffer bone fractures on women with osteopenia /osteoporosis of the total skeleton. Study Design: Retrospective study: (Revision of bone mineral density studies of the total skeleton) of patients coming for a possible bone disease during the last 2 years. Total number of studies reviewed (n=41). Bone mineral density (BMD) of skeleton