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2067316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
The present investigation was carried out in healthy white adult males to determine the effects of exercise, in the form of free climbing, on peripheral and axial bone mass. 13 men who have been regularly engaging in alpine free climbing for a mean period of nine years and, for training purposes, have been performing additional muscle building exercises (4.5 h +/- 1 SEM per week) and 12 age matched controls were included in the study. Bone mineral content of the non-dominant distal forearm was measured by single-photon absorptiometry, and bone mineral density of the lumbar spine was determined by quantitative computed tomography. It was found that consistent exercise in the form of alpine free climbing was associated with increased bone mass of the lumbar spine (162.4 +/- 4.4 vs 184.8 +/- 7.9 mg/ml, p less than 0.025). Peripheral bone mineral content of the distal forearm was slightly but not significantly increased in the free climbers (55.4 +/- 9.0 vs 61.1 +/- 7.4 Units, p less than 0.09 N.S.). The study provides additional evidence that exercise in the form of alpine climbing, is associated with increased lumbar bone mass.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0023-2173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Peripheral and axial bone mass in Austrian free climbers.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Abteilung, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Wien.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article