Bone Abstracts

Objectives: To study acceptance and the effects on bone during a 6-month whole body vibration (WBV) therapy in severely disabled children.Methods: Nineteen patients, age 5–16 years, with severe motor disabilities completed the 6-month WBV therapy standing on a self-controlled dynamic platform with vibration, jumps and rotation. The WBV was performed twice per week at 40–42 Hz. Bone mass and biochemical markers were measured at start and after 6...

The pediatric osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) team at our university hospital was established in 1991. The multi- and inter-disciplinary team consists of: pediatric neurologist, nurse, nursing assistant, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, orthopedic surgeon, orthotist, radiologist, dentist and geneticist. We also have a close collaboration with other specialists.Our assignment is high qualified diagnostics, functional assessments and also individualiz...

Introduction: Dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) is a common dental aberration in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Mutations that cause abnormal collagen chains will cause more serious types of OI and it has been claimed that DI should be a marker for qualitative defected collagen. It has also been supposed that normal development of teeth may be more dependent on normal α2(I) than normal α1(I) chains which are encoded by COLIA2 and COLIA1 ge...