Commencing, continuing and stopping brisk walking: Effects on bone mineral density, quantitative ultrasound of bone and markers of bone metabolism in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 581-587

  Brooke Wavell, K ^a   Jones, P R M ^a   Hardman, A E ^a   Tsuritani, I ^a,b   Yamada, Y ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Exercise; Postmenopausal women; Quantitative ultrasound; Walking

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE LEVEL; WALKING;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCALCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROCOLLAGEN; WALKING;

EID: 0034882790     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170081     Document Type: Article

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