Bone T-scores and functional status: A cross-sectional study on german elderly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Berkemeyer, Shoma ^a   Schumacher, Jochen ^b   Thiem, Ulrich ^a   Pientka, Ludger ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BONE DENSITOMETRY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA DETECTION TEST; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE AND BONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77949516911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008216     Document Type: Article

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