Can exercise prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis?
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Can exercise prevent osteoporosis?
Commonly used definitions of osteoporosis rely upon the measurement of bone mass or bone mineral density and regard the difference between osteopenia and osteoporosis as gradual. An alternative definition has been proposed by Harold Frost, suggesting that osteopenia is the bone's physiological response to disuse. On the contrary, true osteoporoses imply the bone's inability to adapt to the load...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.28.1.5