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A Cross Sectional Study of Skeletal Deformities in Post Menopausal Women in Urban and Rural Areas
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Bone loss occurs universally with aging, but among women there is an acceleration of bone loss that coincides temporally with menopause1. Detection of bone mass can be done by non-invasive techniques like Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, bone densitometry etc which can specifically quantify bone loss, but these are not cost effective¬ available everywhere. Therefore a need arouse to assess the skeletal deformities in absence of expensive investigations by simple clinical measures which can be used at community level too.
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Post Menopausal Women, Skeletal Deformities, Thoracic Kyphosis, Posture, Flexi Curve Ruler, New York Posture Rating Scale
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