The Use of Intranasal Calcitonin to Improve Pain and Activity in Elderly Pelvic Ring Injuries

Visual Analogue Scale

Time frame · The subject will be enrolled/assessed up to three months post-injury.

Compare acute pain using (Visual Analogue Scale on a scale of 0-10 with 0=no pain and 10= worst pain imaginable.

Iowa Pelvic Score (IPS)

Time frame · The subject will be enrolled/assessed up to three months post-injury.

IPS is a questionnaire with 6 items subsets which are totalled to assess functional outcomes in pelvic ring injury patients. The total will range from 15 - 100 with a higher total score being associated with a better outcome. 1. activities of daily life (20 activities of daily living asking if participant can perform requiring a Yes / No response) with Yes =1, No =0. Subset Min= 0 Max=20. 2. work history (no change = 20, Fulltime, change =15, Part-Time=10, Unable=5) Subset Min= 5 Max = 20. 3. pain (None, not significant=25, Occasional medication=20, Regular medication=15, Hospitalization/operation=5) Min = 5 Max= 25. 4. limping (None=20, Yes=15, Appliance=10), and Non-ambulatory=5) Min=5 Max=20. 5. visual pain line (visual analogue scale) (Scale of 0-10 with 0=no pain and 10=worst imaginable pain) Min=0 Max=10 with higher score associated with a worse outcome. 6. cosmesis (No significance=5 and Significant change=0).

SF-36 Short Form Health Survey

Time frame · The subject will be enrolled/assessed up to three months post-injury.

SF-36 Short Form Health Survey taps eight health concepts: physical functioning, bodily pain, role limitations due to physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or emotional problems, emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/fatigue, and general health perceptions. It also includes a single item that provides an indication of perceived change in health. Note that all items are scored so that a high score defines a more favorable health state. Each item in a scale is scored on a 0-100 range, each scale is averaged to create 8 scale scores. These scores are linearly transformed onto a scale from 0 (negative health) to 100 (positive health).

Timed Get Up and Go (TUG)

Time frame · The subject will be assessed at the three months post-injury

The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility. It uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down with scoring as noted: \< 10 seconds = normal \< 20 seconds = good mobility; can walk outside alone; does not require a walking aid \< 30 seconds = walking and balance problems; cannot walk outside alone; requires walking aid

Radiographic Healing Using Intranasal Salmon Calcitonin

Time frame · Fracture healing and alignment will be assessed at six weeks and three months post-injury.

To compare radiographic healing using AP/inlet and outlet pelvic x-rays on geriatric patients with pelvic ring injuries who receive intranasal salmon calcitonin and with those who do not receive intranasal salmon calcitonin.