Abstract

ALTERNATIONS IN BODY MASS INDEX AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH BONE FRACTURES

D. Lakshman Chaturvedhi*, B Prasanna Kumar, Dr. D. R. Rama Brahma Reddy, K. Sravanthi

Abstract

BMI plays a main role in the patient’s health condition. Decrease or low level in BMI may leads to serious health issues. Recovery from illness or a bone fracture generally requires a period of bed rest, often lead to consequence of hospitalization for longer duration. A long duration of period (>10 days) of bed rest may induce substantial changes in body composition and may lead to overall metabolic decline.[1,2] This prolonged physical inactivity has taught us about muscle disuse atrophy, it may be of limited clinical relevance to most patients who are on average hospitalized for

Keywords: BMI, Muscle disuse atrophy.