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Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a well-established risk factor for fall-related hip fractures. Training fall arrest strategies, such as martial arts (MA) fall techniques, might be useful to prevent hip fractures in persons with osteoporosis, provided that the training itself is safe. This study was cond...

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Autores principales: Groen, Brenda E, Smulders, Ellen, Duysens, Jacques, van Lankveld, Wim, Weerdesteyn, Vivian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20412560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-111