Motor speed and lower extremity strength as predictors of fall-related bone fractures in elderly individuals

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Shigematsu, Ryosuke ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^b   Saari, Päivi ^b   Sakari Rantala, Ritva ^b   Kauppinen, Markku ^b   Sipilä, Sarianna ^b   Heikkinen, Eino ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Co impairment; Falls; Fracture risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33751115471     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324666     Document Type: Article

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