Effects of Sports on Bone Mineral Density and Incidence of Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women with Special Reference to Those Engaged in Farming
10.2185/jjrm.52.165
- VernacularTitle:スポーツ活動は閉経女性の骨密度に影響を与えるか？―農業従事閉経女性の検討も含めて―
- Author:
Shoji KUMAKI
;
Hideki KURIBAYASHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2003;52(2):165-171
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
This study was conducted to find out whether or not sports contribute to an increase in bone mineral density (BMD) and the prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women. A total of 361 women with low levels of BMD and no evidence of any associated illness were enrolled in this study. They were divided into three groups: group A consisting of 30 women (including 11 farmers) who play sports regularly at the present; group B consisting of 111 women (including 41 farmers) who were in for sports in their youth; and group C consisting of 220 women (including 89 farmers) who have never participated in regular sports.
There were no significant differences among these three groups in BMD of the lumbar vertebrae. In the proximal femur, group C showed significantly lower BMD values than the other two groups and in each group farmers had significantly lower values than non-farmers.
The incidence of vertebral fractures was 30.0% in group A (36.4% in farmers), 36.3% in group B (29.3% in farmers) and 47.7% in group C (52.8% in farmers).
These results indicated that practicing sports on a regular basis is beneficial to postmenopausal women as it is effective in maintaining a level of BMD and preventing compression fractures.
