Controlled trial of weight bearing exercise in older women in relation to bone density and falls

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 569-

  McMurdo, Marion E T ^a   Mole, Patricia A ^a   Paterson, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0004915015     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.569     Document Type: Article

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3. Province MA, Hadley EC, Hornbrook MC, Lipsitz LA, Miller JP, Mulrow CD, et al. The effects of exercise on falls in elderly patients. A pre-planned analysis of the FICSIT trials. JAMA 1995;273:1341-7.