Physical Activity at Growth Induces Bone Mass Benefits Into Adulthood - A Fifteen-Year Prospective Controlled Study.

ABSTRACT: Daily school physical activity (PA) improves musculoskeletal traits. Whether or not benefits remain in adulthood is debated. We included in this study 131 children that took part in an intervention with 40 minutes of PA per school day (200 minutes per week) from age 6 to 9 years (grade one) to age 14 to 16 years (grade nine), whereas 78 children continued with national recommended school physical education of 60 minutes per week. Measurements were done with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (bone mineral content [BMC], bone mineral density [BMD], and bone area), and a computerized knee dynamometer (peak torque muscle strength) at study start, at the end of the intervention, and 7 years after the intervention. Group differences from study start and end of the intervention to 7 years thereaft

SUBMITTER: Rosengren BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8770997 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature