The Response of Elderly Female fast Gait to Whole Body Vibration
Older adults walk more slowly than healthy young adults at fast and normal walking speeds. These age-associated changes in mobility imp...
Osteoporosis in men
With the aging of the population, there is a growing recognition that osteoporosis and fractures in men are a significant public health...
Effects of Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on bone density and bone metabolism before and after peak bone mass: a case-control study
INTRODUCTION: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA; Depo-Provera, Tadworth, UK) contraception is used by more than 9 million women w...
Relationship between endogenous parathyroid hormone and bone metabolism/geometry in female patients treated with glucocorticoid
Although the role of PTH (parathyroid hormone) has been debated in glucocorticoid (GC)-induced osteoporosis (GIO), clinical data about ...
Glucocorticoid excess affects cortical bone geometry in premenopausal, but not postmenopausal, women
Glucocorticoid (GC) excess causes a great increase in fracture risk, but the effects of GC excess on cortical bone geometry are unknown...
Effects of whole body vibration on postural steadiness in an older population
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of vibration exercise on postural steadiness performance in a healthy, older popul...
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Whole body vibration versus conventional physiotherapy to improve balance and gait in Parkinson’s disease.
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the effects of whole body vibration (WBV) and conventional physiotherapy (PT) on levodopa-resistant disturbances...
Age-related decline in trabecular and cortical density: a 5-year peripheral quantitative computed tomography follow-up study of pre- and postmenopausal women
This 5-year prospective study assessed changes in trabecular and cortical volumetric bone density at the non-weight-bearing radius and ...
Chocolate consumption and bone density in older women
BACKGROUND: Nutrition is important for the development and maintenance of bone structure and for the prevention of osteoporosis and fra...