Bone Microarchitecture in Women Practicing Golf

Is Golf a Sport Suited to the Female Skeleton After 60 Years? Pilot Study Evaluating the Microarchitecture 3D Carriers and Noncarriers Bones

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02544399

Enrollment

Registered

2015-09-09

Start date

2009-11-30

Completion date

2013-06-30

Last updated

2015-09-09

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Conditions

Bone Microarchitecture

Keywords

Bone microarchitecture, Playing golf, Walkers

Brief summary

After the age of 50, one in three women and one in eight men will experience at least one fragility fracture during the rest of their lives. It is currently recognized that physical activity has an osteogenic actions, especially when it includes the impact transmitted to the skeleton. In this context, the investigators propose a study to determine whether the regular practice of golf could be particularly beneficial for the skeleton, not only in the lower limbs, due to repeated impacts to the ground when it requires sustained walking, but also the upper limbs due to the impacts transmitted by the club at the time of striking the ball, as has been amply demonstrated with racquet sports.

Detailed description

Each patient will have 1 blood samples and 1 measure of bone by 3D micro-tomography (3D CT Scan).These examinations and sampling will take place on 1 day.

Interventions

OTHER3D CT scan

Measure of bone micro-architecture by 3D micro-tomography

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

60 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Golfers: Regular playing golf for over 2 years at 8 to 12 hours per week recruited into golf clubs. * Walkers: regular practice of walking for over 2 years at 8 to 12 hours per week recruited into the walking clubs. * Sedentary: no intensive physical activity (\<2 hours / week), recruited in clubs seniors.

Exclusion criteria

* concomitant bone disease , * Hip prosthesis the dominant side * Endocrinopathy * hypercalcemia, vitamin D deficiency, hypo- or hyper calciuria * Active smoking (more than 5 cigarettes / day), chronic alcoholism, * Treatments received in the previous six months and resounding on bone metabolism such growth promoters, all osteoporosis, corticosteroids.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Bone volume / tissue volume	day 1	Measure of Bone volume / tissue volume by the 3D CT scan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026