PMID: 2504377Jul 22, 1989Paper

Local bone mineral response to brief exercise that stresses the skeleton

BMJ : British Medical Journal
M C BeverlyR Smith

Abstract

To compare grip strength and bone mineral content in the forearm in women and to test the effects on bone mineral content of short periods of exercise that stresses the skeleton. Assessment of both wrists in 69 volunteers and of the non-fractured wrist in 30 patients followed by an exercise regimen entailing squeezing a tennis ball as hard as possible for 30 seconds each day for six weeks. Old people's homes and outpatient departments of Hammersmith and Northampton general hospitals. 99 Women, of whom 69 were volunteers and 30 had a fractured forearm. Grip strength and bone mineral content after six weeks and at six months after the exercises had stopped. The bone mineral content of the women's forearms was measured with a densitometer and the grip strength with a semi-inflated bag connected to an anaeroid barometer. Measurements before exercise showed that the two variables correlated closely, irrespective of age, and that there were significant differences in both between the dominant and non-dominant arms of the volunteers. After six weeks of exercise there was a mean increase in grip strength of 14.5% (95% confidence interval 9.9 to 19.2%) and in bone mineral content of 3.4% (1.4 to 5.3%) in the stressed forearms of the 77 ...Continue Reading

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