A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health : A Guide for the Primary Care Provider

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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. 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. 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Optimizing Bone Mass Accrual in Healthy Adolescents (Keith J. Loud)....Pages 1-9 Normal Bone Physiology 101 (Nora E. Renthal, Nina S. Ma)....Pages 11-25 Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Adolescent Bone Health (Deena Altschwager, Kendrin R. Sonneville)....Pages 27-51 Physical Activity to Promote Bone Health in Adolescents (Stuart J. Warden, Robyn K. Fuchs)....Pages 53-76 The Bone Health History and Physical Examination in Adolescents (Alison M. Boyce)....Pages 77-91 Bone Health Laboratory Assessments (Anna Neyman, Linda A. DiMeglio)....Pages 93-109 Imaging to Evaluate Bone Health (Heidi J. Kalkwarf)....Pages 111-126 Bone Health in Adolescents with Multiple Fractures (Kristen Miller Nathe, Jaime Rice Denning)....Pages 127-142 Bone Health in Adolescents with Eating Disorders (Neville H. Golden)....Pages 143-155 Bone Health of Adolescent Athletes (Kristin M. Ernest, Rebecca G. Martinie, Sarah Dobkins, Albert C. Hergenroeder)....Pages 157-178 Bone Health in Adolescents with Chronic Disease (Erin H. Sieke, Rebecka Peebles)....Pages 179-218 Bone Health in Immobile Adolescents (M. Zulf Mughal)....Pages 219-241 Treatment of Adolescent Osteoporosis (Monica Grover, Laura K. Bachrach)....Pages 243-259 Conclusion: A Clinical Bone Perspective (Sarah Pitts, Catherine M. Gordon)....Pages 261-266 Back Matter ....Pages 267-273