Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Exercise In Adolescence for Stronger Bones


A recent research published at the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that weight bearing exercise seems to be the best for maintaining bone strength in older life.

In this research, team is trying to learn the impact of exercise between the ages of 12 and 18 on preserving bone strength in adulthood. The participants were grouped according to what type of sporting activities they had done during their physically formative adolescent years.

the results show that those who had participated in weight bearing sports during their adolescent had greater bone mineral content than those who had not.

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