Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoporosis From Assessment to Treatm
This book describes in detail the multidisciplinary management of osteoporosis, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the rationale for a multidisciplinary approach and with the tools required to implement it effectively. The emphasis is on a
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Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoporosis
Andrea Lenzi • Silvia Migliaccio Editors
Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoporosis From Assessment to Treatment
Editors Andrea Lenzi Department of Experimental Medicine Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
Silvia Migliaccio Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences Foro Italico University of Rome Rome Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-75108-5 ISBN 978-3-319-75110-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75110-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018949650 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
I ntroduction to Interdisciplinary Approach to Osteoporosis: Why Is It So Important? Osteoporosis is a skeletal metabolic disorder that has reached epidemic extents all over the industrialized world. Recent epidemiological studies confirm the tendency to a dramatic increase of individuals affected by osteoporosis and fragility fractures. Indeed, during the last decades, for the increase of life expectancy, this disease has become a major health threat around the world. Age, both in male and female population, increases the risk of developing osteoporosis, which affects millions of women, but lately, also men. Age-related changes in body composition, metabolic factors, and hormonal levels, accompanied by a decline in physical activity, may all provide mechanisms for the propensity to lose muscle mass, gain fat mass, and also develop bone loss. Since many factors, such as genetic, environmental, nutritional, and hormonal, play an important role in determining this disorder, attention must be given to this health problem by researchers, politicians, the me
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