ABSTRACT

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by reduced bone mass and disruption

of the micro-architecture of bone, giving decreased bone strength and increased risk of
fracture. In the united states, osteoporosis affects one in four women older than 60 years, and
vitually all white women by the age of 90. Some of risk factors for postmenopausal
osteoporosis. Premenopausal peak bone mass may be related more directly to premenopausal
estrogen exposure and genetic predisposition than to environmental factors. After menopause,
women are six times more affected than man. Women lose 0.5% to 1% of their peak bone
mass yearly for approximately 20 years after menopause. Diagnosis is usually made on
symptoms of gradual or sudden onset backache and/or change in bodily habitus. It may take
up to 4 weeks for an acute compression fracture to become apperent on routine x-ray film.
Treatment encompasses two aspects: medications for those known to be risk and
rehabilitative management of the patient who has general back pain or who has experience an
acute spinal vertebral fracture. A posture training support (PTS) by CAMP may used to
improved posture in an effort to prevent or lession osteoporotic skeletal problems.