Life Sciences
Scientists at University of Kuopio publish research in life sciences
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 6th, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'Grip strength may facilitate fracture prediction in perimenopausal women with normal BMD: a 15-year population-based study,' have been published. "The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of grip strength measurements to predict fracture risk in perimenopausal women according to bone mineral density (BMD). A random sample of 971 perimenopausal women from the Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention study cohort was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at the femoral neck and grip strength with a pneumatic squeeze dynamometer in 5-year intervals from baseline (1989-1991)," investigators in Kuopio, Finland...
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