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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: The impact of sarcopenia on low back pain and quality of life in patients with osteoporosis

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria

Patients 60 years of age or over, with osteoporosis or osteopenia

Osteoporosis: History of fragility fracture and bone mineral density (BMD) <80% of the young adult mean, or BMD<70%

Osteopenia: BMD was 70% to 80% of the young adult mean

Unable to stand

Unable to walk 10 meters

Unable to be measured in various physical tests

Pacemaker

Long-term steroid use

Fresh vertebral fracture

Hemiplegia