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Exercise Effects on Bone Mineral Density, Falls, Coronary Risk Factors, and Health Care Costs in Older Women

Author(s) -

Wolfgang Kemmler

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.499

Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , bone mineral , randomized controlled trial , femoral neck , osteoporosis , confidence interval , framingham risk score , framingham heart study , gerontology , disease

Physical exercise affects many risk factors and diseases and therefore can play a vital role in general disease prevention and treatment of elderly individuals and may reduce costs. We sought to determine whether a single exercise program affects fracture risk (bone mineral density [BMD] and falls), coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors, and health care costs in community-dwelling elderly women.

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