Muscle strength before and mortality after a bone fracture in older people

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 296-300

  Rantanen, T ^a   Sakari Rantala, R ^a   Heikkinen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fractures; Frailty; Mortality; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036777833     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2002.102100.x     Document Type: Article

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