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Does Sarcopenia Increase the Risk for Fresh Vertebral Fragility Fractures?: A Case-Control Study

STUDY DESIGN: Case-control study. PURPOSE: Sarcopenia is an age associated condition characterized by decrease in muscle mass, strength, and physical performance. We aimed to investigate whether sarcopenia increased the risk of vertebral fragility fractures among the elderly. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE:...

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Autores principales: Anand, Ashish, Shetty, Ajoy Prasad, Renjith, K. R., K. S., Sri Vijay Anand, Kanna, Rishi Mugesh, Rajasekaran, Shanmuganathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31575110
http://dx.doi.org/10.31616/asj.2019.0049