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Bone Loss
Impact exercise may lower incidence of fall-related fractures in elderly women
February 16th, 2006
Impact exercise may lower the incidence of fall-related fractures in elderly women with low bone mass. "Evidence of the effect of exercise on bone loss comes mainly from studies in voluntary postmenopausal women, and no population-based, long-term interventions have been performed. The purpose of this population-based, randomized, controlled trial was to determine the effect of long-term impact exercise on bone mass at various skeletal sites in elderly women with low bone mineral density (BMD) at the radius and hip," stated researchers at the Deaconess Institute of Oulu in Finland. R. Korpelainen and colleagues described their study: "Participants...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-16)
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