Relationship between low back pain in post-menopausal women and mineral content of lumbar vertebrae

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Folman, Yoram ^a   Shabat, Shay ^b   Gepstein, Reuven ^b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3042711951     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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