Clinical effect of alendronate sodium on bone metabolism and bone mineral density for treating the elderly female with osteoporotic distal radius fractures

Abstract

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of alendronate sodium on bone metabolism and bone mineral density (BMD) for treating the elderly female with osteoporotic distal radius fractures.Methods Ninety elderly female with osteoporotic distal radius fractures patients were divided into treatment group and control group with 45 cases each according to the method of random number list.The two groups were given the medication treatment after 3 d of external fixation stenting.The control group was given calcium dimension D and the treatment group was given alendronate sodium and calcium dimension D.The course of treatment was 6 months.Before and after treatment,the BMD and bone metabolism [bone alkaline pbosphatase(BALP),tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-5b(TRACP-5b)] were detected in both groups.The wrist function of two groups was evaluated.Results Before treatment,the level of BMD of treatment group and control group were (0.472 ± 0.157),(0.519 ± 0.173) g/cm2,there was no significant difference (P ＞0.05).After treatment,the level of BMD of treatment group and control group were (0.893 ±0.298),(0.571 ± 0.184) g/cm2,the BMD of treatment group after treatment was significantly higher than that before treatment and control group after treatment(P ＜ 0.05).The level of BMD of control group after treatment had no significant difference compared with before treatment (P ＞ 0.05).Before treatment,the level of BALP,TRACP-5b of treatment group and control group were (53.76 ± 17.92),(5.61 ± 1.87) U/L and (51.86 ± 17.29),(5.54 ± 1.85) U/L,the level of BALP,TRACP-5b after treatment had significant difference compared with before treatment and control group after treatment (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in control group before treatment and after treatment (P ＞ 0.05).The good rate of rehabilitation of wrist function in treatment group was 91.1％ (41/45),significantly higher than that in control group [51.1％ (23/45)] (x2 =17.524,P ＜0.01).Conclusions The alendronate sodium has a role to suppress bone resorption and increase BMD.It can promote the recovery of wrist function. Key words: Radius fractures; Osteoporosis; Bone density; Bone metabolism; Alendronate sodium