Reduced walking speed at discharge predicts mortality after clinical osteoporotic vertebral fracture: A retrospective cohort study
A walking speed of 0.71 m/sec or slower was associated with poor prognosis after clinical vertebral fracture. Nutritional management, kyphotic deformity prevention, and walking speed maintenance are essential for vertebral fracture treatment.
Authors
- Shinobu Uezono
- Yoshitaka Yamashita
- Hiroyuki Tominaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-2343)
- Noboru Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-144X)
- Ichiro Kawamura
Institutions
- Kagoshima University (JP)
- Akashi Medical Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Osteoporosis
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-026-01686-w
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00