Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Elderly

Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common problems affecting the elderly. The resulting loss of mobility and physical independence can be particularly devastating in this population. The aim of this article is to present some of the most frequent musculoskeletal disorders of the elderly, s...

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Autores principales: Gheno, Ramon, Cepparo, Juan M., Rosca, Cristina E., Cotten, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919553
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.99151
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author Gheno, Ramon
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description Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common problems affecting the elderly. The resulting loss of mobility and physical independence can be particularly devastating in this population. The aim of this article is to present some of the most frequent musculoskeletal disorders of the elderly, such as fractures, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, microcrystal disorders, infections, and tumors.
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spelling pubmed-34247052012-08-23 Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Elderly Gheno, Ramon Cepparo, Juan M. Rosca, Cristina E. Cotten, Anne J Clin Imaging Sci Review Article Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common problems affecting the elderly. The resulting loss of mobility and physical independence can be particularly devastating in this population. The aim of this article is to present some of the most frequent musculoskeletal disorders of the elderly, such as fractures, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, microcrystal disorders, infections, and tumors. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3424705/ /pubmed/22919553 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.99151 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Gheno R. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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