Spinal curvatures and quality of life in women with vertebral fractures secondary to osteoporosis

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1921-1925

  Cortet, Bernard ^b   Houvenagel, Eric ^a   Puisieux, François ^c   Roches, Elisabeth ^c   Garnier, Perrine ^c   Delcambre, Bernard ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Saint Philibert GHICL   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Lordosis; Osteoporosis; Quality of life; Spinal curvature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LORDOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033568457     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00010     Document Type: Article

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