Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-167

  Howe, Tracey E ^a   Shea, Beverley ^b   Dawson, Lesley J ^c   Downie, Fiona ^c   Murray, Ann ^d   Ross, Craig ^e   Harbour, Robin T ^f   Caldwell, Lynn M ^g   Creed, Gisela ^h  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK; FRACTURE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOWER LIMB; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 85002908152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000333.pub2.     Document Type: Article

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