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- Title
Lifetime sport and leisure activity participation is associated with greater bone size, quality and strength in older men.
- Authors
Daly, R M; Bass, S L
- Abstract
It remains uncertain whether long-term participation in regular weight-bearing exercise confers an advantage to bone structure and strength in old age. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifetime sport and leisure activity participation on bone material and structural properties at the axial and appendicular skeleton in older men (>50 years).
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2006, Vol 17, Issue 8, p1258
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-006-0114-1