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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016

The Effect of Swimming During Childhood and Adolescence on Bone Mineral Density: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Alejandro Gomez-Bruton, Jesús Montero-Marín, Alejandro González-Agüero, Javier García-Campayo, Luis A Moreno, Jose A Casajús, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alejandro Gomez-BrutonFaculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Universidad de Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001, Huesca, Spain.
Jesús Montero-MarínFaculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), Universidad de Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001, Huesca, Spain.
Alejandro González-AgüeroFaculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Universidad de Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001, Huesca, Spain.
Javier García-CampayoredIAPP Research Network, Zaragoza, Spain.
Luis A MorenoGENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Zaragoza, Spain.
Jose A CasajúsFaculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Universidad de Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001, Huesca, Spain.
Germán Vicente-RodríguezFaculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Universidad de Zaragoza, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001, Huesca, Spain. gervicen@unizar.es.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effects of swimming on bone mineral density (BMD) have been studied by several researchers, with inconsistent results.

aimThis meta-analysis aims to determine whether systematic swimming training may influence BMD during childhood and adolescence.

methodsA systematic search was performed in PubMed, SPORTDiscus and ClinicalTrials.gov from the earliest possible year to March 2015, with data extraction and quality assessment performed independently by two researchers following the PRISMA methodology. Swimmers were compared to sedentary controls and to athletes performing highly osteogenic sports. Therefore, a total of two meta-analyses were developed.

resultsFourteen studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the meta-analyses. Swimmers presented similar BMD values to sedentary controls and lower than other high-impact athletes. Femoral neck and lumbar spine BMD differences between swimmers and sedentary controls and between swimmers and athletes practicing osteogenic sports appeared to increase with age and favored the non-swimming groups. There were no differences by sex.

conclusionWhile swimming is associated with several health benefits, it does not appear to be an effective sport for improving BMD. Swimmers might be in need of additional osteogenic exercises for increasing BMD values.

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Bone DensityAdolescentAthletesChildFemur NeckHumansLumbar VertebraeOsteogenesisSwimming

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PMID26607734

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