Balance training program is highly effective in improving functional status and reducing the risk of falls in elderly women with osteoporosis: A randomized controlled trial

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-425

  Madureira, M M ^a   Takayama, L ^a   Gallinaro, A L ^a   Caparbo, V F ^a   Costa, R A ^a   Pereira, R M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balance; Exercise program; Falls; Mobility; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; STATIC EXERCISE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847612786     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0252-5     Document Type: Article

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