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| Stella FoleySummaryAffiliation: University of Tasmania Country: Australia Publications
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Falls risk is associated with pain and dysfunction but not radiographic osteoarthritis in older adults: Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort studyS J Foley
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:533-9. 2006..To describe the association between knee and hip radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA), a measure of knee pain, stiffness and functional ability and objectively measured physiological falls risk predictors...
Physical activity and knee structural change: a longitudinal study using MRIStella Foley
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:426-34. 2007..Exercise therapy is effective in improving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, but its effect on structural change remains unclear...
Measures of childhood fitness and body mass index are associated with bone mass in adulthood: a 20-year prospective studyStella Foley
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Hobart, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 23:994-1001. 2008..These results suggest that increased skeletal loading in childhood leads to an increase in peak bone mass independent of current loading...
Tracking of bone mass from childhood to adolescence and factors that predict deviation from trackingStella Foley
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Bone 44:752-7. 2009..Body composition was the main predictor of altered tracking but environmental factors also appear important...
The association between oral contraceptive use, bone mineral density and fractures in women aged 50-80 yearsShuying Wei
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Contraception 84:357-62. 2011..The associations between oral contraceptive (OC) use, bone mineral density (BMD) and the risk of fractures remain controversial...
Can BMD assessed by DXA at age 8 predict fracture risk in boys and girls during puberty?: an eight-year prospective studyJennifer Flynn
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 22:1463-7. 2007..Bone densitometry at the total body and spine (but not hip) is a strong predictor of fracture (especially upper limb) during puberty...
