The role of exercise in the treatment of osteoporosis

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-144

  Sinaki, Mehrsheed ^a   Pfeifer, Michael ^b   Preisinger, Elisabeth ^c   Itoi, Eiji ^d   Rizzoli, René ^e   Boonen, Steven ^f   Geusens, Piet ^g   Minne, Helmut W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Institute of Clinical Osteology   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Hietzing Mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhuegel   (Austria)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back extension exercise; Bone mineral density; Kyphosis; Muscle strengthening; Osteogenic exercise; Osteoporosis; Rehabilitation; Spinal orthotics; Spinal Proprioceptive Extension Exercise Dynamic (SPEED); Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN D;

BONE FRAGILITY; BONE PAIN; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KYPHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77955985386     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-010-0019-y     Document Type: Review

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