Reducing the risk for distal forearm fracture: Preserve bone mass, slow down, and don't fall!

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 681-690

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   Prill, Mila M ^a   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a   Tanner, Heather E ^a   Bernstein, Allan L ^c   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^d   Sidney, Stephen ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal forearm fracture; Epidemiology; Falls; Osteoporosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIURETICS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 21244491460     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1745-8     Document Type: Article

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