Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Physical activity in Osteoporosis : a Role of prevention in elderly population?

A. Casabella, C. Seriolo, G. Botticella, L. Molfetta, A. Palermo, B Seriolo

Abstract :

 Osteoporosis (OP) is a progressive systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and micro–architecture deterioration of the bone tissue, with a consequent increase of bone fragility and risk fracture ^1,2.

OP is also considered like a common metabolic disease in the elderly and is closely associated with patient age. Its main signs are overall bone tissue density loss and structural fiber changes. 

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A.Casabella, C. Seriolo, G. Botticella, L. Molfetta, A.Palermo, B Seriolo, Physical activity in Osteoporosis : a Role of prevention in elderly population?, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-12 | December-2017

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