Physical activity influence on woman bone mass

• Autor(a) principal: Moser, Deise Cristiane
• Data de Publicação: 2004
• Outros Autores: Melo, Sebastião Iberes Lopes, Santos, Saray Giovana dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/3840

This study aims to analyze the influence of physical activity performed in childhood, in adolescence, and at the time of the study on woman bone density. Two hundred volunteer women participated in the study by filling a standard questionnaire and having a bone densitometry done. The data were analyzed by frequencies, Student t test, and χ2 , at 0,05 level of significance and showed that: a) the majority of women (173) practiced some kind of physical activity in the past and 166 have been practicing at the time of the study; b) the physical activity characteristics can be consider within the patterns found in the literature; c) bone loss among women who practiced physical activities in the childhood and adolescence was smaller than the ones had not practiced (p