Fall direction, bone mineral density, and function: Risk factors for hip fracture in frail nursing home elderly

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 539-545

  Greenspan, Susan L ^a,d   Myers, Elizabeth R ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^a,b   Parker, Robert A ^a   Hayes, Wilson C ^a   Resnick, Neil M ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032102604     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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