Clinical Trial: Balance and Muscle Strength as Indicators of Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Osteoporosis
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Are Balance and Lower Extremity Muscle Strength Indicators of Fracture Risk Independently of Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women?: a Cross-sectional Study
Brief Summary:
The study is designed as a cross-sectional clinical study.A total of 156 postmenopausal women who visited the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic at Beylikdüzü State Hospital and have had Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) measurements taken within the last 6 months will be included.The sociodemographic data of the patients will be recorded.Femoral neck and lumbar L1-L4 T-scores and femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) values obtained from DXA measurements will be collected.To calculate fracture…
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