Osteoporosis: Nonpharmacologic Management

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 562-572

  Kasturi, Gopi C ^a,b   Adler, Robert A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; FALL RISK; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP PROTECTOR; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VERTEBROPLASTY; VIBRATION;

EID: 79958770260     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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