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sympathetikey
Yeah, I was thinking about that while taking the exam. Just got thrown off because I don't see how that matters, now that they've fractured the femur. How do prior increases in bone density allow for better chances of bone healing?
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rsp
I think that bone density is important here, but think about all of the other things that go in to recovering from a fracture at that age too. How strong are the muscle that will stabilize you while going through the motions of physical therapy? How conditioned are you?
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j123
I'd put money on a fat baby who doesn't exercise to heal faster than my 95 yo grandpa who rides his stationary bike 2 hrs per day... lol
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stresssweat
In that same train of thought, another modifiable risk factor for fracture would be levels of calcium and vitamin D intake throughout childhood. I crossed these out because they were essentially the same thing so obviously neither could be right, but aside from that - what would be the actual reason those were wrong?
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kard
I solve it like this: So age is 70 (already, nothing we can do to change it), is asking about a predictor of success in the Rehab process (So basically, what this patient did in matter of activity, life style, etc. to have a Good rehab process). So From all the answers the, Activity level is the most likely choice because of the, increase in Bone density(Specially Weigh bearing) and OsteoBlastic activity.
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misterdoctor69
But bu that logic: just like you can't do anything about age, you also can't do anything about activity level BEFORE the fracture right...?
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submitted by โmonoloco(155)
This is indirectly asking about peak bone density. That whole thing about weight-bearing exercises, eating right, yada yada, before and during that down-slope phase of life for bone density. All about reducing that 1% per year age-related bone density loss as best as we can. Level of activity is precisely like weight-bearing exercise. (Consider: no activity, bed-ridden -- say goodbye to your bones; highly active, runs every other day -- good amount of weight-bearing / stress to induce remodeling and maintain integrity of the bones.)