Does Parkinsons Disease Mean More Broken Hips?
If you have Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are you more likely to break your hip when you fall than other people? A study done in a rehabilitation hospital in Italy suggests yes, depending on your age. Out of 877 patients who were admitted for a broken hip (hip fracture) that occurred from a fall, 28 patients with documented Parkinson’s were compared to 28 patients who had no diagnosed neurological disorders. The study matched the Parkinson’s patients and the non-Parkinson’s patients (control group) for age, sex, body size (BMI), and location of the broken bone (which part of the hip/femur). All patients in both groups were non-smokers. Bone density (BMD determined by DEXA scan) was measured in the non-broken on each of the patients in both groups. Bone Density The study found that bone density of the patients with Parkinson’s did not differ significantly from the patients without Parkinson’s if compared to a young, same-sex population. However, the bone density of the Parkinson’s patients w
