Trial reportJournal of bone and mineral metabolism2014
The benefits of a high-intensity aquatic exercise program (HydrOS) for bone metabolism and bone mass of postmenopausal women.
Trial report in Journal of bone and mineral metabolism, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of exercise on bone metabolism in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different exercise interventions on bone mineral density in elderly postmenopausal women: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on bone density and physical performance in postmenopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise training and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies with emphasis on potential moderators.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of aquatic exercise on bone mineral density in older adults. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of physical exercise on bone mineral density in older postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Archives of osteoporosis · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Physical Activity on Bone Biomarkers in People With Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise Training on Bone Mineral Density in Post-menopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Pooled it
- The effects of differing resistance training modes on the preservation of bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015Pooled it
- Effects of different types of exercise over 24 weeks on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: A systematic review with pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Review
- Effects of progressive multimodal resistance training with varied muscle actions and range of motion on bone mineral density in osteopenic older women: a pilot study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Effect of combined exercise and nutrition on bone density in postmenopausal women-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- The effect of aquatic training and vitamin D3 supplementation on bone metabolism in postmenopausal obese women.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Association between physical activity and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES 2007-2018.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Position Statement: Exercise Guidelines for Osteoporosis Management and Fall Prevention in Osteoporosis Patients.Journal of bone metabolism · 2023Article
- Low energy availability reduces bone mass and gonadal function in male mice.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2023Article
- The effect of aquatic High Intensity Interval Training on cardiometabolic and physical health markers in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2022Review
- Effects of 8-week High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Bone Metabolism in Sedentary Young Females.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2022Article
- Environmental Factors That Affect Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin Levels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Exercise and Nutrition Impact on Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia-The Incidence of Osteosarcopenia: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the 24-week effects of a high-intensity aquatic exercise program on bone remodeling markers and bone mass of postmenopausal women. In this randomized, controlled trial we studied 108 women (58.8 ± 6.4 years), randomized into Aquatic Exercise Group (AEG), n = 64, performing 24 weeks of aquatic exercises, and Control Group (CG), n = 44, sedentary. They had their fasting morning blood sample collected for the measures of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), procollagen type 1 amino-terminal propeptide (P1NP) and carboxy-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (CTx). Bone mass was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry before and after the intervention. Participants of both groups received a daily supplementation of 500 mg of elementary calcium and 1,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol). Results showed an augment in bone formation marker (P1NP) only in the AEG (15.8 %; p = 0.001), and although both groups experienced significant enhancements in bone resorption marker (CTx), this increase was less considerable in the AEG (15 % in the AEG and 29 % in the CG). IPTH was increased by 19 % in the CG (p = 0.003) at the end. The femoral trochanter BMD presented a 1.2 % reduction in the CG (p = 0.009), whereas in the AEG no change was observed (p = 0.069). The proposed aquatic exercise program was efficient in attenuating bone resorption raise and enhancing bone formation, which prevented the participants in the AEG from reducing the femoral trochanter BMD, as happened in the CG.
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