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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Heel Ultrasound"”.
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Epidemiological investigations of biomarker and dietary relationships with osteoporosis and fracture risk
… and i) their cross-sectional associations with heel ultrasound and ii) their prospective associations with fracture risk in a sub-set of EPIC-Norfolk participants. An additional aim was to explore means of limiting the impact of measurement errors on the association between vitamin C and bone …
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Relationship between diabetes and bone health status in adults with diabetes
… status, specifically osteoporosis, by examining heel ultrasound and genetic markers. The objective of this study was to compare the bone mass density (BMD) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene marker of adult men and women with pre-, type 1 and type 2 diabetes (n=54). Subjects were recruited from …
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Patterns and predictors of falls and their consequences in extreme old age
… with cognitive assessment, quantitative heel ultrasound scans and functional performance measures: Timed Unsupported Stand, Short Physical Performance Battery (standing balance tests, gait speed and chair rising),180° turn, functional reach and hand grip strength. Data collection also …