Relationship between Grip strength and hand bone mineral density in healthy adults

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-606

  Kaya, Arzu ^a   Ozgocmen, Salih ^a   Ardicoglu, Ozge ^a   Kamanli, Ayhan ^a   Gudul, Huseyin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Gender; Grip strength; Hand size; Pinch strength; Radiographic absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; STATISTICS;

EID: 23744490051     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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