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Sex differences in the prevalence and adverse outcomes of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in community dwelling elderly in East China using the AWGS criteria

open access: yesBMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity (SO) have a greater impact on the elderly. This study aimed to explore whether there were sex differences in the prevalence and adverse outcomes of sarcopenia and SO in community-dwelling elderly individuals ...
Yanping Du   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitalization in High Fracture Risk Older Adults with Osteoporosis Using the Safe Functional Motion Test: A Longitudinal Analysis

open access: yesGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021
The Safe Functional Motion Test (SFM-5) is a five item performance based clinical assessment tool quantifying habitual daily movement that may increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Fractures are a major cause of hospitalization and contributor
Daniel J. Van Dussen PhD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does industry-sponsored education foster overdiagnosis and overtreatment of depression, osteoporosis and over-active bladder syndrome? An Australian cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
ObjectivesTo investigate patterns of industry-sponsored educational events that focus on specific health conditions for which there are concerns about overdiagnosis and overtreatment.Design and settingThis retrospective cohort study examines publicly ...
Bero, Lisa   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Changes in trabecular bone, hematopoiesis and bone marrow vessels in aplastic anemia, primary osteoporosis, and old age [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Retrospective histologic analyses of bone biopsies and of post mortem samples from normal persons of different age groups, and of bone biopsies of age- and sex-matched groups of patients with primary osteoporosis and aplastic anemia show characteristic ...
B. Frisch   +30 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence and incidence of osteoporotic fractures in patients on long-term glucocorticoid treatment for rheumatic diseases: the Glucocorticoid Induced OsTeoporosis TOol (GIOTTO) study

open access: yesReumatismo, 2017
Osteoporosis and fractures are common and invalidating consequences of chronic glucorticoid (GC) treatment. Reliable information regarding the epidemiology of GC induced osteoporosis (GIOP) comes exclusively from the placebo group of randomized clinical ...
M. Rossini   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential expression of the inflammatory ciita gene may be accompanied by altered bone properties in intact sex steroid-deficient female rats

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2023
Objective The class II transactivator (CIITA), encoded by the CIITA gene, controls expression of immune response regulators, which affect bone homeostasis. Previously, we investigated a functional CIITA polymorphism in elderly women.
Vivi FH Jensen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin K catabolite inhibition of ovariectomy-induced bone loss: Structure–activity relationship considerations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The potential benefit of vitamin K as a therapeutic in osteoporosis is controversial and the vitamin K regimen being used clinically (45 mg/day) employs doses that are many times higher than required to ensure maximal gamma‐carboxylation of the vitamin K‐
Emery, R   +5 more
core   +1 more source

An overview and management of osteoporosis.

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Rheumatology, 2017
Osteoporosis -related to various factors including menopause and aging- is the most common chronic metabolic bone disease, which is characterized by increased bone fragility.
T. Sözen, L. Özışık, N. Basaran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global prevalence of osteoporosis among the world older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021
Background Osteoporosis is one of the most common bone system diseases that is associated with an increased risk of bone fractures and causes many complications for patients.
N. Salari   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In major joint diseases the human synovium retains its potential to form repair cartilage

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The inner surface layer of human joints, the synovium, is a source of stem cells for the repair of articular cartilage defects. We investigated the potential of the normal human synovium to form novel cartilage and compared its chondrogenic capacity with
Ernst B. Hunziker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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