Early postmenopausal hormone therapy improves postural balance

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Naessen, Tord ^a   Lindmark, Birgitta ^a   Lagerström, Christel ^a   Larsen, Hans Christian ^a   Persson, Ingemar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Falls; Fractures; Hormone therapy; Menopause; Postural balance; Sway velocity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VELOCITY;

DIZZINESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORETHINDRONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTURE;

EID: 33846113371     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000248707.53075.7f     Document Type: Article

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