ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2003
Effect of daily walking steps on ultrasound parameters of the calcaneus in elderly Japanese women.
Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Pedometer determined ambulatory activity and bone mass: a population-based longitudinal study in older adults.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010Article
- Expected values for pedometer-determined physical activity in older populations.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2009Article
- Steps per day: the road to senior health?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2009Article
- Relationship of bone health to yearlong physical activity in older Japanese adults: cross-sectional data from the Nakanojo Study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2007Article
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Abstract
In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the effect of daily walking steps on ultrasound parameters of the calcaneus in elderly Japanese women. The subjects were 143 community-dwelling elderly women aged 61-87 years (mean age 71.4+/-5.5 years). The speed of sound (SOS), broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and the stiffness index (Stiffness) of the calcaneus were measured. Walking steps were recorded using a pedometer for 7 consecutive days as an outcome measure of physical activity. In univariate analyses, steps/day significantly decreased with aging. SOS, BUA and Stiffness showed negative correlations with age and positive correlations with weight. Linear relationships were not seen between any of the ultrasound parameters and daily walking steps. Then, the ultrasound parameters were adjusted for age and/or weight using multiple regression models, and the relationships between the adjusted ultrasound measurements and walking steps were examined using quadratic regression models. Walking activity up to approximately 12,000 steps/day was positively associated with the adjusted ultrasound measurements, above which additional walking steps had no positive effect. We conclude that daily walking steps may be suitable for evaluating the relationship between ultrasound parameters and physical activity in elderly women, but further research is needed to confirm the effect of daily walking steps on the rate of bone loss.
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