Nutritional strategies to optimise musculoskeletal health for fall and fracture prevention: looking beyond calcium, vitamin D and protein - Webster J, Dalla Via J, Langley C, Smith C, Sale C, Sim M.

Falls and osteoporotic fractures are a major public health problem, particularly among older adults. A third of individuals aged 65  years and over fall at least once each year, with up to 20 % of these resulting in serious injury, including fracture. In co...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news