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Bone Microarchitecture in Women Practicing Golf

NCT02544399 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 67

Last updated 2015-09-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After the age of 50, one in three women and one in eight men will experience at least one fragility fracture during the rest of their lives. It is currently recognized that physical activity has an osteogenic actions, especially when it includes the impact transmitted to the skeleton. In this context, the investigators propose a study to determine whether the regular practice of golf could be particularly beneficial for the skeleton, not only in the lower limbs, due to repeated impacts to the ground when it requires sustained walking, but also the upper limbs due to the impacts transmitted by the club at the time of striking the ball, as has been amply demonstrated with racquet sports.

Conditions

  • Bone Microarchitecture

Interventions

OTHER

3D CT scan

Measure of bone micro-architecture by 3D micro-tomography

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thierry THOMAS, MD-PhD · CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

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