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Musculoskeletal pain among postmenopausal women in Nigeria: Association with overall and central obesity

BACKGROUND: Menopausal women experience musculoskeletal changes such as muscle atrophy, muscle weakness and osteoporosis—symptoms associated with advancing age coupled with depletion of the female sex hormone, estrogen. Estrogen is important in the maintenance of the integrity of the musculoskeletal...

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Autores principales: Ogwumike, Omoyemi O., Adeniyi, Ade Fatai, Orogbemi, Oluwakemi O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6385138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30931026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hkpj.2015.06.001