Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0004oc3 | (1) | ICCBH2015

Sedentary time negates the positive influence of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity but not vigorous physical activity on bone strength in adolescent girls

Tan Vina , Macdonald Heather , McKay Heather

We examined the influence of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) and sedentary time (SED) on bone strength, structure and density in post-pubertal girls.We had 63 healthy girls (15.3±0.3 years) from the Health Promoting Secondary Schools (HPSS) study with valid accelerometry data and tibia scans. We assessed the left tibia using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT, XCT 3000, Stratec)...