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Epidemiology of fragility fractures and fall prevention in the elderly: a systematic review of the literature
Fragility fractures in the elderly is an ongoing concern for orthopaedic surgeons. A 50-year-old woman has a 40% chance of having a vertebral compression fracture in her lifetime. The incidence of vertebral fractures, reported to be more than 10 times higher than that of femoral fractures, is estima...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BCO.0000000000000563 |