In patients with sacral insufficiency fractures, time to mobilization was shorter with teriparatide than in controls.
In plain wordsIn patients with sacral fractures, teriparatide treatment was linked to earlier movement than in controls.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseTime to mobilization
- Study
n = 41
- Comparator
- No teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Exercise and physical function · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg once daily · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Mean time to mobilization
- 1.2 weeks
- teriparatide
- Mean time to mobilization
- 2 weeks
- controls
Source sentences
The mean time to mobilization was 1.2 ± 0.4 weeks in patients who received teriparatide treatment, compared with 2.0 ± 0.3 weeks in controls (P < 0.001).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
This retrospective, case-controlled, single center study, performed from 2009 to 2014, included 41 patients who underwent radiographs, magnetic resonance imaging, and/or bone scans to document sacral insufficiency fractures.
The intervention involved teriparatide at a once-daily subcutaneous dose of 20 μg within 2 days of hospital admission (21 patients).
Twenty patients (control group) did not receive teriparatide.