Quantitative ultrasound and risk of fractures in elderly women
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Quantitative ultrasound and risk of fractures in elderly women.
OBJECTIVE To verify the prevalence of women with risk of fractures estimated by ultrasonometry of the calcaneus (UOC) in a population of elderly women and its association with clinical risk factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study of which sample was randomly selected and submitted to a structured questionnaire about risk factors for fractures. All women underwent UOC. RESULTS We studied 168 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (English Edition)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2255-4823
DOI: 10.1016/s2255-4823(11)70129-1