Relationship between risk of osteoporotic fractures and muscle strength in community dwelling adults/ Chua Siew Kuan, Azianah Mohamad Ibrahim & Azni Ahmad

• Main Authors: Chua, Siew Kuan, Mohamad Ibrahim, Azianah, Ahmad, Azni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
• Subjects: Musculoskeletal system. Movements; Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54734/1/54734.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54734/; http://healthscopefsk.com/

Identified osteoporotic fracture risk is crucial as increase prevalence of aging population with low bone density. Frailty and falls commonly in adults with osteopenia than osteoporosis. This study aimed to examine the relationship between grip strength, biceps and quadriceps muscle strength, and 10...