Juntendo Medical Journal
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Health Topics for Tokyoites: “To survive the 100-year life -Aiming for health and longevity-”
Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: Breaking the Chain of Osteoporotic Fractures to Increase Healthy Life Expectancy
REI MOMOMURA
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2022 Volume 68 Issue 1 Pages 31-35

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Osteoporosis is an important issue related to life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Japan, where the super-aging population is growing. Currently, in Japan, some kind of assistance is needed for an average of 10 years at the end of life. In many cases the reason assistance is needed is loss of mobility due to a fracture caused by a fall. When people suffer one fracture due to osteoporosis, they are also more likely to have another fracture, which is called a secondary fracture. Breaking the negative chain of fractures is very important in osteoporosis. In addition, if patients suffer a loss of mobility due to a compression fracture of the spine, this activity cannot be regained even if the fracture is healed. To prevent this from happening, it is also important to heal fractures rapidly, so that patients can quickly return to normal life, thus extending healthy life expectancy.

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