BSNC 1000 MOBILITY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Effect of osteoporosis on mobility: - Answer-- Pathologic Fractures
- Choice to be less mobile due to fear of falling
- Pain from fractures
Non-Modifiable Risks for Osteoporosis - Answer-- Age
- Gender
- Genetics
- Ethnicity
Peak Bone Mass ...
BSNC 1000 MOBILITY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
Effect of osteoporosis on mobility: - Answer-- Pathologic Fractures
- Choice to be less mobile due to fear of falling
- Pain from fractures
Non-Modifiable Risks for Osteoporosis - Answer-- Age
- Gender
- Genetics
- Ethnicity
After 30 - Answer-- Bone resorption slowly exceeds bone formation
Age-Related Changes (Osteoporosis) - Answer-- Post menopause (after 50):
Accelerated bone loss because of estrogen deficiency
- Age: Reduced proliferative capacity of bone cells and decreases Vit. D activation
- Bones become thinner/weaker/brittle with age
Estrogen Deficiency - Answer-- Estrogen inhibits osteoclasts to slow rate of bone
resorption
- Bone loss at its greatest during early menopause
Diagnosing Osteoporosis - Answer-- Bone Mineral Density (BMD)
- T Score: How much one's bone density is higher/lower than the bone density of a
healthy 30-year-old adult
Consequences of Osteoporosis - Answer-- Bones weaken
- Fractures
Function of bone remodeling - Answer-- Maintenance of bone health
- Release of mineral stores
- Strengthening of bones in areas of stress
Where does most of the remodelling primarily occur? - Answer-Surface of trabeculae of
spongy bone
Someone who is both mobile and immobile? - Answer-- Partial paralysis
- Advanced age
- Weakness
- Fractures
- Pregnancy
- Stroke
- Hemiplegia
- Paraplegic
When is immobility beneficial? - Answer-- After injury
- Recovering from illness
- Both reduce risk of aggravation
What is impaired mobility due to? - Answer-- Neurologic conditions (brain, spinal,
nerves)
- Skeletal conditions
- Muscle conditions
- Joint conditions (cartilage, tendons, ligaments)
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