CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Little is known about postural control among elderly individuals with osteoporosis and its relationship with falls. It has been suggested that elderly women with kyphosis and osteoporosis are at greater risk of falling. The aim of this study was to evaluate posture and postural control among elderly women with and without osteoporosis. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional ...

The aim of the present investigation attempt to study the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly men and women living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Bangalore District. The study was conducted on a purposive random sample of 800 elderly in the age ranging from 65-76 years of which 200 men and 200 women in institutional and 200 men 200 women living in non-institutional set...

BACKGROUND More than 8% of Iran's populations are elderly. The greatest challenge in this generation is improvement of health and quality of life. So we decided to perform an interventional study with the aim of promoting the health of the elderly. METHODS This study was a community interventional in Ekbatan Complex. Subjects were elderly. At first, need assessment was done with the participa...

objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of gender on plasma myostatin at rest and in response to acute resistance exercise in elderly men and women. methods & materials: 12 healthy older men (age=69±1.23 and bmi=23±0.3 kg/m2) and 12 healthy older women (age=68±2.14 and bmi=23±0.4 kg/m2) volunteered for participation in this study. 72hours after the determination of musc...

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in elderly patients can be a complex problem in terms of approach to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, because the patients often present nonspecific symptoms. The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of UTI in elderly women were studied, in order to make early diagnosis and prevent serious clinical complications secondary to UTI. METHODS...