Evaluation of postural balance in postmenopausal women and its relationship with bone mineral density - A cross sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cangussu, Luciana ^a   Nahas Neto, Jorge ^a   Petri Nahas, Eliana ^a   Rodrigues Barral, Ana ^a   Buttros, Davi ^a   Uemura, Gilberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone Mineral Density; Falls; Menopause; Postural Balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; VISUAL DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FALLING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE DENSITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84855815186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-2     Document Type: Article

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