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Title: | The effect of menopause on the musculoskeletal system |
Other Titles: | Managing the menopause |
Authors: | Calleja-Agius, Jean Brincat, Mark P. |
Keywords: | Musculoskeletal system -- Diseases Menopause |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Citation: | Calleja-Agius, J., & Brincat, M. P. (2020). The effect of menopause on the musculoskeletal system. In N. Panay, P. Briggs & G. T. Kovacs (Eds.), Managing the menopuase (pp. 124-134). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
Abstract: | Menopause has an overall adverse impact on musculoskeletal health. It is associated with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and sarcopenia. Osteoporosis and related fractures, together with the consequent pain and locomotor disability, affect the quality of life and life expectancy of postmenopausal women. Poor musculoskeletal health may progress to frailty and higher incidence of falls and fractures, which further increase the associated morbidity and mortality. This leads to high economic costs worldwide |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/59866 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SAna |
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