Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 914-917 , July 2006

The Relation Between Previous Fractures and Physical Performance in Elderly Women

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    Women with no previous fractures had better balance, measured with the Romberg test (range, 0−180s), than women whose most recent fracture had occurred at 65 to 75 years of age. There was no differenc

    Women with no previous fractures had better balance, measured with the Romberg test (range, 0−180s), than women whose most recent fracture had occurred at 65 to 75 years of age. There was no difference in balance between women with a fracture before the age of 65 years and women with no previous fractures. P values denote significance for comparisons with women without previous fractures (Mann-Whitney U test).

 Supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council and Trygg-Hansa Research Fund.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00328-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.019

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 914-917 , July 2006

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