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Bone Development in Adolescent Girls: Effects of Calcium and Exercise

NCT00063011 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2005-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem. Prevention of osteoporosis depends in part on good bone development in childhood and adolescence. This study will evaluate a weight-bearing exercise program and high-calcium diet on bone development in adolescent girls.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Calcium rich diet

BEHAVIORAL

Weight bearing exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Joan M. Lappe, Ph.D. · Creighton University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1998-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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