Back pain and osteoporosis

A.I. Isaykin¹, O.Yu. Isaykina²

¹Sechenov University, Moscow

²National Medical Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Moscow

Lumbar pain is one of the most common problems in presenile age. The ageing process is accompanied by a change in the structure and a decrease in the functional activity of organs and tissues, including the osteoporosis development — a “silent disease”, asymptomatic until fractures appear. In a pilot study, we showed that osteoporosis alone is not the cause of chronic lumber pain in elderly patients. There were no significant differences in the following indicators: pain localization and intensity, the degree of anxiodepressive disorders, and the disability degree in patients with chronic lumbar pain syndrome suffering from osteoporosis and patients without diagnosed osteoporosis. Chronic lumbar pain treatment should include exercises, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and multimodal reha bilitation. Postmenopausal patients are advised to consume high protein and calcium-containing foods in combination with exercise due to the osteoporosis risk. Osteogenon (active component: ossein-hydroxyapatite compound) is a drug that affects bone mineralization and bone metabolism. The article presents the latest recommendations on therapeutic exercises, treatment methods and prevention of compression vertebral fractures in patients with osteoporosis.

Keywords: lumbar pain, osteoporosis, Osteogenon, multidisciplinary approach, therapeutic exercises.

For citation: Isaykin A.I., Isaykina O.Yu. Back pain and osteoporosis. RMJ. 2019;9:33–39.