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Title: | Factors affecting bone loss in female endurance athletes - A two-year follow-up study | Authors: | Braam, L.A.J.L.M. Knapen, M.H.J. GEUSENS, Piet Brouns, F. Vermeer, C. |
Issue Date: | 2003 | Publisher: | AMER ORTHOPAEDIC SOC SPORT MED | Source: | American journal of sports medicine, 31(6). p. 889-895 | Abstract: | Background: Low bone mass leading to stress fractures is a well-known and yet unsolved problem among female athletes. Purpose: To quantify the rate of bone loss in healthy female athletes and investigate the effects of estrogen and vitamin K supplementation on bone loss. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Methods: We classified 115 female endurance athletes into amenorrheic, eumenorrheic, or estrogen-supplemented groups and randomized them to receive either placebo or vitamin K-1. The bone mineral densities of the subjects' femoral neck and lumbar spine were measured at baseline and after 2 years. Results: Bone mineral density in the lumbar spine remained constant, but bone density in the femoral neck had decreased significantly after 2 years in all three subgroups. The decrease was higher in amenorrheic (-6.5% +/- 4.0%) than in eumenorrheic (-3.2% +/- 4.1%) and estrogen-supplemented athletes (-3.9% +/- 3.1%). Supplementation with vitamin K did not affect the rate of bone loss. Conclusions: The rate of bone loss in all three subgroups of female athletes was unexpectedly high; neither estrogen nor vitamin K supplementation prevented bone loss. Clinical Relevance: High-intensity training maintained over several years must be regarded in women as a risk factor for osteoporosis, and protocols for optimal treatment should be developed. (C) 2003 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. | Keywords: | VITAMIN-K SUPPLEMENTATION; MULTIPLE SKELETAL SITES; LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS; MINERAL-CONTENT; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; HIP FRACTURE; AMENORRHEIC RUNNERS; CIRCULATING LEVELS; DIETARY CALCIUM; BLOOD-PRESSURE | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/7211 | ISSN: | 0363-5465 | e-ISSN: | 1552-3365 | ISI #: | 000186640600011 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2004 |
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