Exercise Frequency and Fracture Risk in Older Adults-How Often Is Enough?

Kemmler W, von Stengel S, Kohl M (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Current Osteoporosis Reports Current Science Inc.

Book Volume: 15

Pages Range: 564-570

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1007/s11914-017-0407-7

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Due to older people's low sports participation rates, exercise frequency may be the most critical component for designing exercise protocols that address fracture risk. The aims of the present article were to review and summarize the independent effect of exercise frequency (ExFreq) on the main determinants of fracture prevention, i.e., bone strength, fall frequency, and fall impact in older adults. RECENT FINDINGS: Evidence collected last year suggests that there is a critical dose of ExFreq that just affects bone (i.e., BMD). Corresponding data for fall-related fracture risk are still sparse and inconsistent, however. The minimum effective dose (MED) of ExFreq that just favorably affects BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck has been found to vary between 2.1 and 2.5 sessions/week. Although this MED cannot necessarily be generalized to other cohorts, we speculate that this "critical exercise frequency" might not significantly vary among adult cohorts.

Authors with CRIS profile

Wolfgang Kemmler Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Physik und Mikrogewebetechnik Simon von Stengel Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Physik und Mikrogewebetechnik

Involved external institutions

Hochschule Furtwangen DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Kemmler, W., von Stengel, S., & Kohl, M. (2017). Exercise Frequency and Fracture Risk in Older Adults-How Often Is Enough? Current Osteoporosis Reports, 15(6), 564-570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-017-0407-7

MLA:

Kemmler, Wolfgang, Simon von Stengel, and Matthias Kohl. "Exercise Frequency and Fracture Risk in Older Adults-How Often Is Enough?" Current Osteoporosis Reports 15.6 (2017): 564-570.

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