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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 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.

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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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