Vibration or exercise – which is the best therapy for bone loss?

Preventing osteoporotic fracture in older women with vibration or exercise is the aim of a new study at Griffith University.
Pilot data has shown whole body vibration and certain exercises improve bone mass but it is unclear which strategy is most effective.
Professor Belinda Beck from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland says she is hopeful that a head-to-head comparison of the two forms of therapy will provide the answer.
Current statistics show that one in three women and one in five men aged over the age of 50, worldwide, will suffer an osteoporotic fracture.
For women aged 45 and over, osteoporosis accounts for more days in hospital than breast cancer, myocardial infarction, diabetes and other diseases.
Targeted exercise can be effective
“We know from studies in animals, that vibration can improve bone. We also know that targeted exercise can be effective, but the catch is, it must be of such high intensity it requires supervision. Mild

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