The relationship among history of falls, osteoporosis, and fractures in postmenopausal women

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 903-906

  Geusens, Piet ^a   Autier, Philip ^a   Boonen, Steven ^a   Vanhoof, Johan ^a   Declerck, Kathy ^a   Raus, Jef ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fractures; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036306252     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.33111     Document Type: Article

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