Bone Health Table 3 Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Low-trauma Fracture After SCI

Yes

No

Risk Factors

 

 

Age at Injury <16 years

 

 

Alcohol Intake >5 servings/day

 

 

BMI <19

 

 

Duration of SCI ≥10 years

 

 

Female

 

 

Motor Complete (AIS A-B)

 

 

Paraplegia

 

 

Prior low-trauma fracture

Abbreviations: BMI= Body Mass Index, AIS= ASIA Impairment Scale.

The source publication for each risk factor described may be found in Table 9.1.
Reprinted from Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Vol. 14, Craven BC, Robertson LA, McGillivray CF, Adachi JD, Detection and treatment of sublesional osteoporosis among patients with chronic spinal cord injury: proposed paradigms, pp. 1–22, © 2009, 6. Reproduced with permission from Thomas Land Publishers, Inc. www.thomasland.com