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Response to letter to the editor, regarding “The association between hyperkyphosis and fall incidence among community-dwelling adults”

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  1. Amsterdam UMC, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Marije C. Koelé, Hanna C. Willems & Nathalie van der Velde

  2. Erasmus MC, Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Nathalie van der Velde

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Koelé, M.C., Willems, H.C. & van der Velde, N. Response to letter to the editor, regarding “The association between hyperkyphosis and fall incidence among community-dwelling adults”. Osteoporos Int 33, 2231–2232 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-022-06517-5

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