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Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given. Because little is known about specific risk… Click to show full abstract
Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given. Because little is known about specific risk factors of a second hip fracture, we investigated the association with areal bone mineral density (aBMD), muscle size, and density. We also investigated whether muscle parameters predict the risk of a contralateral fracture independently of aBMD.
Keywords:
hip fracture;
fracture;
density;
muscle;
risk;
second hip
Journal Title: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Year Published: 2022
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