Ahmed Mohy Edeen Abdelatif <br/><br/>
Efficacy of weight bearing exercises on osteoporosis after thyroidectomy /  
 فاعلية تمرينات تحمل الوزن على هشاشة العظام بعد استتصال الغدة الدرقية 
Ahmed Mohy Edeen Abdelatif ; Supervised Adel Abdelhamed Nossier , Manar Hussein Abdelsattar , Heba Mohamed Mohamady 
 - Cairo :   Ahmed Mohy Edeen Abdelatif ,   2013 
 - 147 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery 
<br/><br/> The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of weight bearing exercises on improving bone mineral density in post thyroidectomy patients suffering from osteoporosis. Thirty osteoporotic patients were assigned randomly into two groups of equal numbers; their ages ranged from 20-45 years. The study group received weight bearing exercises program in addition to routine medical treatment bisphosphonates, calcium and vitamin D 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Osteoporosis Thyroidectomy Weight bearing exercises and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry