Exercise for Bone Health and Osteoporosis

Orlando Angulo

Department of Sports Medicine, Northern University, Colombia

Dr. Orlando Angulo, Department of Sports Medicine, Northern University, Colombia.

Keywords: Bone Health; Osteoporosis; Postural Hypotension; Ergometry

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a major problem in Western societies, especially if we take into account the complications that this entails: fractures in vertebral bodies, neck of the femur and wrist. Patients presenting these types of complications also experience an increased morbidity and mortality [1,2,3]. More than 10 million individuals in the United States ≥ 50 years of age have osteoporosis and another 34 million are at risk of developing it [2]. In Australia, osteopenia and osteoporosis are estimated to affect ~ 7.5 million people, with a fragility fracture occurring every 3.6 minutes, which equals ~ 400 per day [4]. Twenty two million women in the European Union between the ages of 50 and 84 suffer from osteoporosis and it is estimated that this figure will reach 33.9 million women by the year 2025 [5].

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