The effect of hormone replacement on physical performance in community-dwelling elderly women

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1232-1239

  Greenspan, Susan L ^a,b   Resnick, Neil M ^a,b   Parker, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Cognitive function; Elderly women; Functional assessment; Hormone replacement therapy; Mobility; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TENDERNESS; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THORAX PAIN; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BOSTON; CALCIUM; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITAMIN D; WALKING;

EID: 27644451739     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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