Association of height loss with falls and sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women

Association of height loss with falls and sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women

Objectives: Height loss is associated with vertebral fracture risk and osteoporosis. We assumed that height loss may indicate the risk of falls because the presence of osteoporosis is significantly associated with sarcopenia development. We studied the association of height loss with falls and sarco...

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Main Authors: Ryoma Asahi, Satoshi Yuguchi, Tomohiko Kamo, Masato Azami, Hirofumi Ogihara, Satoshi Asano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
Subjects:
Community-dwelling older women
Height loss
Falls
Trunk skeletal muscle mass
Sarcopenia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525520300509

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