Osteoporosis Rehabilitation

Christina V. Oleson MD is an Associate Professor or Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA.  She is board-certified in both Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation and in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.  She earned her BA from Harvard and MD at the University of Massachusetts Worcester.  Following completion of residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Oleson pursued a Spinal Cord Injury Medicine fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago of Northwestern University.  Her current research focuses on immobilization osteoporosis in those with traumatic spinal cord injury.  She serves as the principal investigator in a NIDLRR-funded investigational study examining the benefit of an agent to prevent osteoporosis in newly-injured spinal cord patients. Dr. Oleson has published numerous scientific articles and chapters, covering aspects of spinal cord injury, osteoporosis, and vitamin D deficiency. 

Introduction.- Causes and Risk Factors for Osteoporosis.- Diagnosis of Osteoporosis.- Prevention of Osteoporosis.- Interventions for Osteoporosis.- Osteoporosis in Men.- Osteoporosis in Disorders of the Brain.- Osteoporosis in Traumatic and Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.- Osteoporosis in Multiple Sclerosis.- Osteoporosis in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy and Vascular Disease.- Bone Disorders in Rheumatological Conditions and Inflammatory Conditions.- Bone Disorders in Cancer.- Osteoporosis in Cardiopulmonary Diseases.- Bone Disorders in Liver and Kidney Disease.- Osteoporosis in Conditions of Pediatric Onset.- The Female Athlete Triad.- Conclusion: The Challenge of Osteoporosis.