The study determines the long-term effect of exercise on osteoporotic fracture risk. Since actually no controlled supervised exercise study exceeds the time frame of 4 years, knowledge concerning the long-term effect of exercise on fractures and fracture-risk factors is scarce. Within the Erlanger Fitness and Osteoporosis Study (EFOPS, an ongoing controlled exercise study with currently 16 years of supervised exercise with 45-50 osteopenic, early-postmenopausal women in exercise and sedentary control group each, the investigators therefore focus on overall-fractures, Bone Mineral Density and falls.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
50
Two sessions/week, 50 weeks/year over 12 years of high intensity exercise training
Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
overall-fractures (low-trauma)
As assessed by questionnaire and structured interview
Time frame: 16 year follow-up
Bone Mineral Density at Lumbar Spine and Proximal Femur
As assessed by Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Time frame: 16 year follow-up
10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk
As assessed by Framingham Risk Factor Calculator according to Wilson.
Time frame: 16 year follow-up
Metabolic Syndrome Z-Score
Metabolic Syndrome Z-Score Index according to Johnson
Time frame: 16 year follow-up
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