HDFS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bone Density, Osteopenia, Osteoarthritis
8 Oct 2018
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Different cultures have varying customs and backgrounds that are handed down generation to generation. Foods cooked (lots of fried food, or lots of veggies. Limited range of motion or stiffness that goes away after movement. Clicking or cracking sound when joints bend. Pain that is worse after activity or towards the end of the day. Osteopenia = precursor to osteoporosis; bone density that is lower than normal peak density but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis. Treatment : exercise (resistance) and nutritional supplements. Osteoporosis = abnormal loss of bone material. Risk factors: race, ethnicity, g=hormonal changes, lack of vitamin d. Treatment: exercise (resistance), nutritional supplements and medications. Risk factor : overuse, obesity and injury. Back pain, caused by a fractured or collapsed vertebra. Bone fractures that occur more easily than expected. 92% of older adults have at least one chronic disease and 77% have at least two. These chronic diseases cause of all deaths each year:
