Exploring thoracic kyphosis and incident fracture from vertebral morphology with high-intensity exercise in middle-aged and older men with osteopenia and osteoporosis: a secondary analysis of the LIFTMOR-M trial.
A T HardingB K WeeksC LambertS L WatsonL J WeisBelinda R BeckPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Although there was no difference in change between intervention groups, thoracic kyphosis appeared to improve in both HiRIT and IAC with exercise exposure. HiRIT improved 'standing tall' posture in comparison to usual activities. HiRIT was not associated with vertebral fracture progression or incident vertebral fracture, but for some IAC participants there was evidence of progression of vertebral fracture severity and incident vertebral fractures, in our small sample. Larger trials are required to confirm the observations of the current work, which was exploratory in nature.