The London Regional Osteoporosis Program provides ambulatory care for Osteoporosis patients in a clinic-based format. Patients with acute pain unresponsive to standard treatment can be referred to pain clinics. The following clinic based services will be provided:
- Treatment of primary and secondary Osteoporosis
- Support to patients with bone and mineral metabolism disease
- Osteoporosis Specialized Care Clinic
- Vertebroplasty
- Rehabilitation and Exercise Rehabilitation:
- vertebrae fractures and post-acute hip fractures- Clinical Trials
Under certain circumstances, collapsed vertebrae can be stabilized with bone cement, a process known as vertebroplasty.
Research activities include basic research which is located in the Lawson Health Research Institute.
2 research staff, graduate students and 3 technologists are associated with the Research Program.
Areas of research include (i) outcomes based research focusing on client self-referral (in conjuction with University Department of Epidemiology) (ii) research into new methods of measuring bone density (in conjuction with the Robarts Research Institute) (iii) Basic Laboratory Research
The London Regional Osteoporosis Program Clinical Trials Unit participates in multi-centred and site specific clinical trials focusing on osteoporosis prevention and treatment.
Osteoporosis Office: 0800h to 1600h Monday-Friday
3M Osteoporosis Centre: 130pm-430pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, ThursdaysLondon Regional Osteoporosis Program Clinical Trial Unit: 0830 to 1630h, Monday to Thursday
Referrals/Patient Care Processes
Patients are referred to the LROP by family physicians and other specialists. Patients in the LROP receive BMD, standardized x-rays and education. Patients from London do this in advance and physicians have the results at the first appointment, while patients from out of town have BMD, x-rays and education on the same day as their appointments.