Therapeutic exercise in the prevention of bone loss. A controlled trial with women after menopause
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Therapeutische Sportaktivitaet in der Verhuetung der Osteoporose. Eine kontrollierte Studie an Frauen in der Postmenopause |
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Autor: | Preisinger, Elisabeth; Alacamlioglu, Yesim; Pils, Katharina; Saradeth, Tobias; Schneider, Barbara |
Erschienen in: | American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation |
Veröffentlicht: | 74 (1995), 2, S. 120-123, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0894-9115, 0002-9491, 1537-7385 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199606108277 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
To evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic exercises in the prevention of bone loss, 146 untrained healthy postmenopausal women were prospectively controlled for 3.0+/-1.3 yr. Eighty-two subjects aged 61.5+/-6.1 yr participated in an exercise program (group 1) and sixty-four aged 59.1+/-7.4 yr served as controls (group 2). Periodically during the study period, we measured women's bone density at two forearm sites and recorded their physical activities. Because bone loss differed insignificantly between the groups, group 1 was retrospectively subdivided into group 1a (regular exercise) and group 1b (nonregular exercise). The results showed that only 39 women (48 percent) of group 1 (group 1a) performed the exercise program regularly for the prescribed time. Regression slopes of forearm bone density (distal and proximal scans) v time were significantly less negative (P<0.05) in group 1a (distal, -0.3 percent and proximal, -0.7 percent per year) or group 2 (distal, -1.7 percent and proximal, -1.9 percent per year). We conclude that in untrained elderly women, poor compliance with regular physical activities is a main factor, explaining the lack of response to exercise treatment in prevention of osteoporosis. Verf.-Referat