Fall-related risk factors and osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1267-1271

  Kaz Kaz, H ^a   Johnson, D ^a,b   Kerry, S ^c   Chinappen, U ^b   Tweed, K ^a   Patel, Sanjeev ^a,b  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

EID: 5444271807     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh304     Document Type: Article

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