Soft tissue composition, quadriceps strength, bone quality and bone mass in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Madsen, O R ^a   Egsmose, C ^b,c   Hansen, B ^a   Sorensen O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BMD; Body composition; Bone quality; DXA; Muscle strength; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031914780     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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