Hormone replacement therapy increases isometric muscle strength of adductor pollicis in post-menopausal women

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-364

  Skelton, D A ^a   Phillips, S K ^b   Bruce, S A ^c   Naylor, C H ^b   Woledge, R C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c East Sussex Hospital Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adductor pollicis; Aging; Oestrogen; Post menopausal

Indexed keywords

PREMPAK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE;

EID: 0032947525     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0960357     Document Type: Article

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