The Relationship Between Omega-3, Omega-6 and Total Polyunsaturated Fat and Musculoskeletal Health and Functional Status in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCTs

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 353-372

  Abdelhamid, Asmaa ^a   Hooper, Lee ^a   Sivakaran, Ruksana ^a   Hayhoe, Richard P G ^a   Welch, Ailsa ^a   Ajabnoor, Sarah ^b   Alabdulghafoor, Faye ^b   Alkhudairy, Lena ^b   Biswas, Priti ^b   Brainard, Julii ^b   Bridges, Charlene ^b   Brown, Tracey J ^b   Deane, Katherine ^b   Donaldson, Daisy ^b   Hanson, Sarah ^b   Jimoh, Oluseyi Florence ^b   Martin, Nicole ^b   O’Brien, Alex ^b   Rees, Karen ^b   Song, Fujian ^b   Thorpe, Gabrielle ^b   Wang, Xia ^b   Winstanley, Lauren ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Alpha linolenic acid; Bone density; Docosahexaenoic acids; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acids omega 3; Fatty acids omega 6; Fatty acids unsaturated; Meta analysis; Muscle strength; Musculoskeletal physiological phenomena; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE TURNOVER; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRADE APPROACH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 85069847908     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-019-00584-3     Document Type: Article

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