A Practical Approach To Adolescent Bone Health: A Guide For The Primary Care Provider
by Catherine M. Gordon /
2018 / English / PDF
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This comprehensive book thoroughly covers bone health in the
adolescent, offering evidence-based guidance for clinical care
in the primary care setting, and includes aspects of
endocrinology, nutrition, radiology, sports medicine, and
rehabilitation.
This comprehensive book thoroughly covers bone health in the
adolescent, offering evidence-based guidance for clinical care
in the primary care setting, and includes aspects of
endocrinology, nutrition, radiology, sports medicine, and
rehabilitation.A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health
A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health begins
with an in-depth review of normal bone physiology, and explains
how to optimize bone mass accrual in the healthy adolescent.
The following chapters detail the importance of nutrition
and physical activity to the skeletal system, while later
chapters provide a bone-centric review of clinical history
taking, the physical examination, laboratory assessment, and
imaging to evaluate bone health. Final chapters delve into
providing comprehensive care for specific conditions commonly
found in the adolescent, including adolescents with multiple
fractures, eating disorders, athletic involvement, chronic
illness, various ambulatory limitations, and bone fragility.
Clinical vignettes are woven into chapters throughout the book,
providing real-world application and highlighting key concepts
for practitioners.
begins
with an in-depth review of normal bone physiology, and explains
how to optimize bone mass accrual in the healthy adolescent.
The following chapters detail the importance of nutrition
and physical activity to the skeletal system, while later
chapters provide a bone-centric review of clinical history
taking, the physical examination, laboratory assessment, and
imaging to evaluate bone health. Final chapters delve into
providing comprehensive care for specific conditions commonly
found in the adolescent, including adolescents with multiple
fractures, eating disorders, athletic involvement, chronic
illness, various ambulatory limitations, and bone fragility.
Clinical vignettes are woven into chapters throughout the book,
providing real-world application and highlighting key concepts
for practitioners.A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health
A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health is a
unique resource,and ideal for the primary care clinician,
including pediatricians, adolescent medicine specialists, and
family medicine physicians, as well as endocrinologists,
orthopedic surgeons, and any other practitioner working to
guide adolescents towards optimal bone health.
is a
unique resource,and ideal for the primary care clinician,
including pediatricians, adolescent medicine specialists, and
family medicine physicians, as well as endocrinologists,
orthopedic surgeons, and any other practitioner working to
guide adolescents towards optimal bone health.
