Background: Total hip and total knee arthroplasties are well accepted as reliable and suitable
surgical procedures to return patients to function. Health-related quality-of-life instruments …

Objective To assess the structural and symptomatic efficacy of oral glucosamine sulfate and
chondroitin sulfate in knee osteoarthritis through independent meta-analyses of their effects …

Bruyere O, Wuidart MA, Di Palma E, Goulay M, Ethgen O, Richy F, Reginster JY. Controlled
whole body vibration to decrease fall risk and improve health-related quality of life of nursing …

Objectives: To provide an updated document assessing the global, NSAID-specific, and time
dependent risk of gastrointestinal (GI) complications through meta-analyses of high quality …

Sarcopenia is a major public health issue. To convince health policy makers of the emergency
to invest in the sarcopenia field, it is of critical importance to produce reliable figures of the …

Vitamin D metabolites alphacalcidol and calcitriol (D-hormones) have been investigated for
two decades, but few and conflicting results are available from high-quality randomized …

It has been suggested that early postmenopausal women and patients treated with steroids
should receive preventive therapy (calcium, vitamin D, vitamin D analogs, estrogens, or …

Despite of better knowledge about sarcopenia, an optimal understanding of its consequences
from a public health perspective remains a challenge. Specifically, the economic burden …

Background: Risk indices have been developed to identify women at risk of low bone mineral
density (BMD) who should undergo BMD testing. Aim: To compare the performance of four …

Objective: To document the association between social support and health-related quality of
life (HRQoL) in hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: A prospective survey including …