Osteoporosis in Older Persons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Duque, Gustavo. (Editor), Kiel, Douglas P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Endocrinology.; Orthopedics.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-697-1

Osteoporosis in Older Persons - Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approach has the most up-to-date information about the pathophysiology and new therapeutic alternatives. Until recently most effort concerning osteoporosis research was directed mainly at the mechanisms of a type of osteoporosis known a...

Table of Contents:

• Biology of bone
• Aging and bone
• Hormones and bone
• Animal models for senile osteoporosis
• Senile osteoporosis: how to recognize a geriatric syndrome?- Epidemiology of osteoporosis
• Falls as a geriatric syndrome, how to prevent it? how to treat it?- Treatment of senile osteoporosis: present and future
• Non pharmacological treatment and prevention of falls and fractures.