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Effects of high-intensity strength training on multiple risk factors for osteoporotic fractures: A randomized controlled trial
- Abstract::
- Objective. - To determine how multiple risk factors for osteoporotic fractures could be modified by high-intensity strength training exercises in postmenopausal women. Design. - Randomized controlled trial of 1-year duration. Setting. - Exercise laboratory at Tufts University, Boston, Mass. Population. - Forty postmenopausal white women, 50 to 70 years of age, participated in the study; 39 women completed the study. The subjects were sedentary and estrogen-deplete. Interventions. - High-intensity strength training exercises 2 days per week using five different exercises (n=20) vs untreated controls (n=19). Main Outcome Measures. - Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for bone status, one repetition maximum for muscle strength, 24-hour urinary creatinine for muscle mass, and backward tandem walk for dynamic balance. Results. - Femoral neck bone mineral density and lumbar spine bone mineral density increased by 0.005?0.039 g/cm2 (0.9%?4.5%) (mean?SD) and 0.009?0.033 g/cm2 (1.0%?3.6%), respectively, in the strength-trained women and decreased by -0.022?0.035 g/cm2 (-2.5%?3.8%) and -0.019?0.035 g/cm2 (-1.8%?3.5%), respectively, in the controls (P=.02 and .04). Total body bone mineral content was preserved in the strength- trained women (+2.0?68 g; 0.0%?3.0%) and tended to decrease in the controls (-33+77 g; -1.2%?3.4%, P=.12). Muscle mass, muscle strength, and dynamic balance increased in the strength-trained women and decreased in the controls (P=.03 to <.001). Conclusions. - High-intensity strength training exercises are an effective and feasible means to preserve bone density while improving muscle mass, strength, and balance in postmenopausal women.
- Author(s):
- Nelson, M.E. , Flatarone, M.A. , Morganti, C.M. , Trice, I. , Greenberg, R.A. , Evans, W.J.
- Subject(s):
- strength training , risk factors , osteoporosis , bone fractures , bone density , females , middle-aged adults , elderly , menopause , human health , clinical trials , Massachusetts
- Description:
- Includes references
- Source:
- The Journal of the American Medical Association : JAMA 1994, v. 272, issue 24
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 1994
- Collection:
- Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
- Download [PDF]
- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
