Abstracts tagged "muscle strength and strength"

Abstract Number: 1219 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Associations between Muscle Mass and Function with Bone Microarchitecture and Bone Strength in Postmenopausal Women
Daniel Lobo¹, Jackeline C Alvarenga¹, Diogo S Domiciano², Fabiana Benatti¹, Bruno Gualano¹ and Rosa M R Pereira², ¹Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Most studies on sarcopenia and osteoporosis involve elderly populations. However, because postmenopausal hypoestrogenism is able to negatively modulate bone and muscle mass, it is…