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Effects of high-intensity strength training on multiple risk factors for osteoporotic fractures — a randomized controlled trial
Author(s)	Miriam E Nelson, Maria A Fiatarone, Christina M Morganti
Journal title	JAMA, (Journal of the American Medical Association), vol 272, no 24, 28 December 1994
Pages	pp 1909-1914
Keywords	Older women ; At risk ; Osteoporosis ; Fractures ; Exercise ; Musculoskeletal systems ; United States of America.
Annotation	39 postmenopausal, sedentary, oestrogen-deplete, white American women, aged 50 to 70, completed this study: 20 took part in high-intensity strength training exercises twice a week using five different exercises; the remaining 19 were untreated controls. Femoral neck bone density and lumbar spine bone mineral density increased in the strength-trained women, and decreased in the control group. Total body bone mineral content was preserved in the strength-trained women, and tended to decrease in the controls. Muscle mass, muscle strength, and dynamic balance increased in the strength-trained women and decreased in the controls. The trial concludes that high-intensity strength training exercises are an effective and feasible means to preserve bone density while improving muscle mass, strength, and balance of postmenopausal women. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980108210 A
Classmark	BD: CA3: CLO: CUF: CEA: BK6: 7T *
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