Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Postural sway is an independent risk factor for bone fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

Adequate intake of protein is associated with a reduced risk of frailty and prefrailty in older women, according to a new study.

The Kuopio Birth Cohort study aims to clarify the role of different maternal stress factors and exposures in intrauterine programming.

Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic diseases, alcoholism and mental health disorders increase the risk of surgical complications after a hip fracture surgery.

n a two-year follow-up of primary school children, sedentary behaviour increased the accumulation of risk factors, whereas increasing the amount of vigorous exercise reduced it.