Lower leg muscle density is independently associated with fall status in community-dwelling older adults.
Summary: Muscle density is a risk factor for fractures in older adults; however, its association with falls is not well described. After adjusting for biologically relevant confounding factors, a unit decrease in muscle density was associated with a 17 % increase in odds of reporting a fall, indepen...
| Publicado en: | Osteoporosis International Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 2231 - 2241 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jul2016
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