Alyssa B Dufour

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Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Foot pain: is current or past shoewear a factor?
    Alyssa B Dufour
    Boston University School of Public Health and the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 61:1352-8. 2009
  2. ncbi Arthritis, foot pain and shoe wear: current musculoskeletal research on feet
    Jody Riskowski
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
    Curr Opin Rheumatol 23:148-55. 2011
  3. ncbi Height loss predicts subsequent hip fracture in men and women of the Framingham Study
    Marian T Hannan
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
    J Bone Miner Res 27:146-52. 2012
  4. ncbi Association of flat feet with knee pain and cartilage damage in older adults
    K Douglas Gross
    Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:937-44. 2011
  5. ncbi Psychotropic drug initiation or increased dosage and the acute risk of falls: a prospective cohort study of nursing home residents
    Murray A Echt
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    BMC Geriatr 13:19. 2013
  6. ncbi Sarcopenia definitions considering body size and fat mass are associated with mobility limitations: the Framingham Study
    Alyssa B Dufour
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 68:168-74. 2013

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Foot pain: is current or past shoewear a factor?
    Alyssa B Dufour
    Boston University School of Public Health and the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 61:1352-8. 2009
    ..In this cross-sectional study of men and women from the population-based Framingham Study, the association between foot pain and type of shoewear was examined...
  2. ncbi Arthritis, foot pain and shoe wear: current musculoskeletal research on feet
    Jody Riskowski
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
    Curr Opin Rheumatol 23:148-55. 2011
    ..Foot pain, particularly related to shoes, footwear and rheumatic disorders, may be an important modifiable factor. Surprisingly, this topic has received little attention in the rheumatology community...
  3. ncbi Height loss predicts subsequent hip fracture in men and women of the Framingham Study
    Marian T Hannan
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
    J Bone Miner Res 27:146-52. 2012
    ..14, 2.09; 1.03, 1.42, respectively). Adult height loss predicted hip fracture risk in men in our study. Recent height loss in elderly men and women predicted risk of hip fracture...
  4. ncbi Association of flat feet with knee pain and cartilage damage in older adults
    K Douglas Gross
    Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:937-44. 2011
    ..To assess the cross-sectional relation of planus foot morphology to ipsilateral knee pain and compartment-specific knee cartilage damage in older adults...
  5. ncbi Psychotropic drug initiation or increased dosage and the acute risk of falls: a prospective cohort study of nursing home residents
    Murray A Echt
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    BMC Geriatr 13:19. 2013
    ..We also identified specific times when residents are at high risk for falls with respect to a psychotropic drug change...
  6. ncbi Sarcopenia definitions considering body size and fat mass are associated with mobility limitations: the Framingham Study
    Alyssa B Dufour
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 68:168-74. 2013
    ..We examined sarcopenia accounting for body size, and sarcopenic-obesity, in relation to mobility limitations among 767 elderly men and women (mean age 79 years) from the Framingham Study...