Journal article
Frailty and Fracture, Disability, and Falls: A Multiple Country Study From the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To test whether women aged 55 and older with increasing evidence of a frailty phenotype would have greater risk of fractures, disability, and recurrent falls than women who were not frail, across geographic areas (Australia, Europe, and North America) and age groups.
DESIGN: Multinational, longitudinal, observational cohort study.
Authors
Tom SE; Adachi JD; Anderson FA; Boonen S; Chapurlat RD; Compston JE; Cooper C; Gehlbach SH; Greenspan SL; Hooven FH
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 327–334
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2013
DOI
10.1111/jgs.12146
ISSN
0002-8614