The Relation Between Previous Fractures and Physical Performance in Elderly Women  Paul Gerdhem, MD, PhD, Karin A. Ringsberg, PhD, Kristina Åkesson, MD, PhD  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 87, Issue 7, Pages 914-917 (July 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.019 Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Women with no previous fractures had better balance, measured with the Romberg test (range, 0−180s), than women whose most recent fracture had occurred at 65 to 75 years of age. There was no difference in balance between women with a fracture before the age of 65 years and women with no previous fractures. P values denote significance for comparisons with women without previous fractures (Mann-Whitney U test). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 914-917DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.019) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions