BMD and clinical risk factors predict hip and other osteoporotic fractures. The combination
of clinical risk factors and BMD provide higher specificity and sensitivity than either alone. …

This article summarizes anatomical, neurophysiological, pharmacological, and brain imaging
studies in humans and animals that have provided insights into the neural circuitry and …

Muscle strength plays an important role in determining risk for falls, which result in fractures
and other injuries. While bone loss has long been recognized as an inevitable consequence …

… The i- and p-type a-Si:H layers are deposited on one surface to obtain ap/n heterojunction,
and the i- and n-type a-Si:H layers are formed on the opposite surface to obtain a back …

This position paper of the International Osteoporosis Foundation makes recommendations
for vitamin D nutrition in elderly men and women from an evidence-based perspective.

A method is proposed for the solution of the continuum elastic-plastic problems by means of
the finite element approach. The method is based on a plastic stress-strain matrix which is …

We executed a genome-wide association scan for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
in 2,157 cases and 1,150 controls. Our results validate AMD susceptibility loci near CFH (P …

Musculoskeletal diseases, especially osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP), impair activities
of daily life (ADL) and quality of life (QOL) in the elderly. Although preventive strategies …

We conducted a longitudinal cohort study to determine the association of Helicobacter
pylori infection and the progression of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) with gastric cancer. A …

Objectives The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence and distribution of
intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) over the entire spine using magnetic resonance …