Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Osteoporosis

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Yannis Dionyssiotis
Yannis Dionyssiotis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Greece

Published24 February 2012

Doi10.5772/1265

ISBN978-953-51-0026-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6806-5

Copyright year2012

Number of pages878

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Bone Mineral Quality

By Delphine Farlay and Georges Boivin

3,216
11
2. Genetics and Osteoporosis

By Margarita Valdés-Flores, Leonora Casas-Avila, Valeria Ponce de León-Suárez and Edith Falcón-Ramírez

2,102
4. Self-Reported Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Australia

By Tiffany K. Gill, Anne W. Taylor, Julie Black and Catherine L. Hill

2,177
2,242
9. Early Detection Techniques for Osteoporosis

By Kanika Singh and Kyung Chun Kim

5,073
3
10. Sophisticated Imaging Technology in the Assessment of Osteoporosis Risk

By Huayue Chen, Tatsuro Hayashi, Xiangrong Zhou, Hiroshi Fujita, Minoru Onozuka and Kin-ya Kubo

2,050
3
13. Patchy Osteoporosis in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

By Geun-Young Park, Sun Im and Seong Hoon Lim

3,441
1
14. Osteoporosis in Microgravity Environments

By Bradley K. Weiner, Scott E. Parazynski and Ennio Tasciotti

2,824
2,530
16. Post-Transplantation Bone Disease

By Federico G. Hawkins, Sonsoles Guadalix, Raquel Sanchez and Guillermo Martínez

2,454
21. Osteoporosis, Nutrition and Adolescence

By Isabel Seiquer, Marta Mesías and M. Pilar Navarro

2,676
22. Rehabilitation in Osteoporosis

By Yannis Dionyssiotis

5,413
23. Physical Exercise for Prevention of Falls and Fractures

By Lucas Teixeira, Joelma Magalhães, Stella Peccin, Rebeca Teixeira, Kelson Silva, Tiago Teixeira, Jander Souza and Virgínia Trevisani

2,513
25. Impaired Ability to Perform the Sit-to-Stand Task in Osteoporotic Women

By Deborah Colucci Trevisan, Francisco José Albuquerque de Paula, Júlia Guimarães Reis, Gustavo de Carvalho da Costa and Daniela Cristina Carvalho de Abreu

3,547
27. Osteoporotic Pain

By Sumihisa Orita, Seiji Ohtori, Gen Inoue and Kazuhisa Takahashi

2,333
1
28. Pharmacological Treatment of Osteoporosis

By Jorge Malouf-Sierra and Roberto Güerri-Fernández

2,749
30. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Involving Bisphosphonate Treatment for Osteoporosis

By Maria Panaś, Małgorzata Zaleska and Tomasz Kaczmarzyk

2,876
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31. Balloon Kyphoplasty for Osteoporosis: Technical Notes

By Antoine Nachanakian, Antonios El Helou, Sami Salem and Moussa Alaywan

2,524
32. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Vertebral Body Fractures

By Pasquale De Negri and Tiziana Tirri

2,909
33. Osteoporosis: A Look at the Future

By Iliyan Kolev, Lyudmila Ivanova, Leni Markova, Anelia Dimitrova, Cyril Popov and Margarita D. Apostolova

2,310
34. Simulating Bone Atrophy and Its Effects on the Structure and Stability of the Trabecular Bone

By Christoph Räth, Irina Sidorenko, Roberto Monetti, Jan Bauer, Thomas Baum, Maiko Matsuura, Philippe Zysset and Felix Eckstein

2,133
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36. The Phytoestrogens, Calcitonin and Thyroid Hormones: Effects on Bone Tissue

By Branko Filipović and Branka Šošić-Jurjević

2,975
37. Nutrition for Enhancing Bone Volume in Mice

By Junji Ohtani, Fujita Tadashi, R.A. Marquez Hernandez, Toshitsugu Kawata, Masato Kaku, Masahide Motokawa and Kazuo Tanne

1,692
38. Osteoporosis and Bone Regeneration

By Shinji Kuroda, Kanako Noritake and Shohei Kasugai

2,976
39. Lactoferrin – A Potential Anabolic Intervention in Osteoporosis

By Dorit Naot, Kate Palmano and Jillian Cornish

4,566
4
40. How Dentistry Can Help Fight Osteoporosis

By Plauto Christopher Aranha Watanabe, Marlivia Gonçalves de Carvalho Watanabe and Rodrigo Tiossi

3,646
2
41. Effect of Bisphosphonates on Root Growth and on Chlorophyll Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings

By Ana I. Manzano, F. Javier Medina, Francisco J. Pérez-Zuñiga, Maria A. Günther Sillero and Antonio Sillero

1,656
1

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