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There is in elderly men a group difference between fallers and non-fallers in physical performance tests

  • Björn Rosengren
  • , Eva L. Ribom
  • , Jan Åke Nilsson
  • , Östen Ljunggren
  • , Claes Ohlsson
  • , Dan Mellström
  • , Mattias Lorentzon
  • , Hans Mallmin
  • , Marcia L. Stefanick
  • , Jodi Lapidus
  • , Ping Chung Leung
  • , Anthony Kwok
  • , Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
  • , Eric Orwoll
  • , Magnus K. Karlsson

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberafr108
Pages (from-to)744-749
Number of pages6
JournalAge and Ageing
Volume40
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011

Funding

The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study is supported by National Institutes of Health funding. The following institutes provide support: the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research under the following grant numbers: U01 AR45580, U01 AR45614, U01 AR45632, U01 AR45647, U01 AR45654, U01 AR45583, U01 AG18197, U01-AG027810, and UL1 RR024140. In Sweden the MrOs Study is supported by The Swedish Research Council, The Center for Athletic Research, The Påhlsson Foundation, The Kock Foundation and The Malmö University Hospital Foundations. None of the supporters participated in the design, conduct of the study, collection of data, management, analyses, interpretations of data, preparation of the manuscript, review or approval of the manuscript.

FundersFunder number
Kock Foundation
Malmö University Hospital Foundations
Påhlsson Foundation
Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of HealthU01 AR45632, U01 AR45654, U01-AG027810, U01 AG18197, U01 AR45614, U01 AR45580, U01 AR45583, UL1 RR024140
National Institute of Aging
National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin DiseasesU01AR045647
National Center for Research Resources
Vetenskapsrådet

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Aging
    • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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