Lower leg muscle density is independently associated with fall status in community-dwelling older adults.
Andrew Frank-WilsonJ P FarthingP D ChilibeckC M ArnoldK S DavisonW P OlszynskiS A KontulainenPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2016)
Muscle density was associated with fall status, independent of functional mobility. Muscle density may compliment functional mobility tests as a biometric outcome for assessing fall risk in well-functioning older adults.
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