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ea0041gp33 | Bone & Calcium Homeostasis | ECE2016

Relationships between lower-limb muscle strength and tibial outcomes in ageing UK men

Zengin Ayse , Pye Stephen R , Cook Michael J , Adams Judith E , Wu Frederick C W , O'Neill Terence W , Ward Kate A

Ageing is associated with sarcopenia, osteoporosis and an increased risk of falling, which together contribute to increased fracture risk. There are few data describing the associations between functional measures of muscle and bone during ageing. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine in ageing men associations between measures of lower-limb muscle strength and age and then to investigate the relationships with tibial bone outcomes.Men (n</...