Low grip strength is associated with bone mineral density and vertebral fracture in women

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 642-646

  Dixon, W G ^c   Lunt, M ^c   Pye, S R ^c   Reeve, J ^a   Felsenberg, D ^b   Silman, A J ^c   O'Neill, Terry W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Bone mineral density; Grip strength; Physical activity; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FEMUR; HAND GRIP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 21244492357     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh569     Document Type: Article

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