OBJECTIVE To examine the association between chronic use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and risk of hip fracture. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Nurses' Health Study, which originally recruited from the 11 most populous states in the US. PARTICIPANTS 79,899 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study who provided data on the use of PPIs and other risk factors bie...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in isolation ratios of the trunk muscles during hip adduction. [Subjects and Methods] In total, 15 males aged 27-35 years were recruited for the present study. Electromyography data of the external oblique, internal oblique, and erector spinae muscles were collected during hip adduction exercise. [Results] With respect to the intern...

background: bisphosphonates (bps) are used extensively for managing the osteoporosis. there are some controversies on atypical fractures of femur that associated with increase in cortical thickness (ct) and bps' use. in this study, the effects of alendronate consumption were studied on femoral ct as a predictor for atypical fracture.   methods: forty nine post-menopausal women aged 50-70 years ...

It is imperative to improve Indonesia's achievement in sprint category using an indicator according talent scouting. The running speed of those with excessive body fat slower. distribution fat, especially the area abdomen and hip, could be measured waist hip ratio indicator. This study aimed at determining relationship between waist-hip 60-m speed. was a cross-sectional study. subjects were cho...

BACKGROUND Older people living in nursing care facilities or older adults living at home are at high risk of falling and a hip fracture may occur after a fall. Hip protectors have been advocated as a means to reduce the risk of hip fracture. Hip protectors are plastic shields (hard) or foam pads (soft), usually fitted in pockets in specially designed underwear.This is an update of a Cochrane re...