Long-term consequences of fracture of the lower leg: Cross-sectional study and long-term longitudinal follow-up of bone mineral density in the hip after fracture of lower leg

Bone

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Van Der Poest Clement, E ^a   Van Der Wiel, H ^a   Patka, P ^a   Roos, J C ^a   Lips, P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone loss in hip; Disuse; Immobilization; Lower leg fracture; Postfracture bone loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE;

AGED; BONE DEMINERALIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032963349     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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