Hormone replacement therapy and fractures in older adults
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This article examines the role of hormone replacement therapy in the prevention of osteoporosis in both older men and women. Findings indicate that estrogen replacement therapy helps prevent osteoporosis and related fractures in women while testosterone replacement therapy is associated with increased bone mass among hypogonadal men.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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Chronic low back pain in older adults: prevalence, reliability, and validity of physical examination findings
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A study aimed at developing a structured physical examination protocol for identifying common biomechanical and soft-tissue abnormalities in older adults with chronic low back pain, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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A simple gait-stabilizing device reduces outdoor falls and nonserious injurious falls in fall-prone older people during the winter
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A study determining whether Yaktrax Walker (YW), a nonmedical gait stabilizing device, prevents fall-prone older people from outdoor falls and injurious falls, during the winter, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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