Perceived risk of osteoporosis: Restricted physical activities?
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Comparison of three different osteoporosis risk assessment tools: ORAI (osteoporosis risk assessment instrument), SCORE (simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation) and OST (osteoporosis self-assessment tool)
Background :SCORE, OST and ORAI risk assessment tools could reduce the cost burden of BMD tests by selecting the high risk patients to osteoporosis. In this study we compared the ability of these risk assessment measures to assess probability of the osteoporosis among post-menopausal women. Methods : 211 post-menopausal women aged 45-88 years enrolled into the study. All of the patients und...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0281-3432,1502-7724
DOI: 10.1080/02813430701305668