Long-term effects of functional impairment on fracture risk and mortality in postmenopausal women.
Toni RikkonenK PooleJ SirolaR SundR HonkanenH KrögerPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2018)
These findings suggest that functional tests provide long-term prediction of fracture and death in postmenopausal women. Whether reversal of these impairments is associated with a reduction in adverse outcomes is an area for future trials.