Effects of exercise on falls, fracture risk and perceived health in osteopenic women

Measuring the effects on balance, strength, bone density and perceived health of 6 months of workstation circuit style group exercises led by physiotherapists for osteopenic women aged 40-70.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000369426

Enrollment

110

Registered

2007-07-13

Start date

2003-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a workstation balance training and weight-bearing exercise program on balance, strength and bone mineral density (BMD) in osteopenic women. As fracture risk has been related to poor balance, strength and BMD in previous literature it was foreseen that improvements in these measures would benefit women at increased risk of fracture through osteopenia. The intervention developed and utilised in this study is aimed at risk factors that are specific for fracture, falls prevention and the population of osteopenic women, it targets a condition that is of high prevalence in the community and uses outcome measures that are mostly easy to assess by clinicians. Our hypothesis in this study was that a 20 week program of structured balance training and weight-bearing exercises delivered via workstation format would provide beneficial effects on three factors associated with fractures: balance, strength and bone density, in community-dwelling women with osteopenia.

Interventions

The intervention is a single exercise program which includes weight bearing functional exercises and specific balance strategy training exercises in a circuit-style class. Duration of intervention: 6 months, 2 x 1 hour sessions weekly. The group exercise is instructed and supervised by a Physiotherapist.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Osteopenic as measured by Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) (T score between -1.0 and -2.5) within past 6 months. No medical barriers to exercise twice weekly.Willing to undertake exercise program.

Exclusion criteria

Musculoskeletal, neurological or cardiovascular pathology limiting ability to undertake exercises.

Outcome results