Association of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with bone stiffness in peripubertal children.

Mitsuya YamakitaDaisuke AndoYuka AkiyamaMiri SatoKohta SuzukiZentaro Yamagata

Published in: Journal of bone and mineral metabolism (2019)

This study suggests that MVPA is positively associated with bone stiffness in Japanese schoolchildren in boys and SB is negatively associated with that in girls. Reducing SB might be a brief modifiable factor for preventing lower peak bone mass in girls, in addition to increasing MVPA.

Keyphrases

physical activity
bone mineral density
soft tissue
bone loss
bone regeneration
young adults
postmenopausal women
body mass index
depressive symptoms